Homeowner Doing Reno Stumbles on World’s Oldest Wine in Liquid Form in 2,000-Year-Old Tomb

A Roman urn purportedly was found to contain 2,000-year-old wine still in liquid form in Carmona, Spain. Courtesy of José Rafael Ruiz Arrebola

Wine gets better with age, the adage goes, but this is just ridiculous!

Recently, the oldest wine on record was believed to have been discovered in a 2,000-year-old Roman tomb in southwestern Spain, and astoundingly, it’s purportedly still in liquid form. While that’s unusual indeed, the strange revelations that emerged from this ancient booze get even stranger—and creepier.