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New Jersey Museum Holds A Stash Of 221-Year-Old Madeira Wine

As it was doing an inventory of its wine cellar, the Liberty Hall Museum in New Jersey came across some eye-popping labels: "Imported 1796." The wine was ordered to celebrate John Adams' presidency.
When the Liberty Hall Museum started to inventory its wine cellar, the museum found bottles of Madeira wine imported as early as 1796.

There's young wine. There's mature wine. And then there's the wine stashed away at Liberty Hall Museum in New Jersey.

The museum's wine cellar includes several cases of Madeira wine that were imported as long ago as 1796. The museum says some of the Portuguese wine was ordered to celebrate the presidency of John

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