101K views · 553 reactions | A first-of-its-kind program in Chile is aging wine in underwater cellars and then letting tourist divers retrieve them. Organizers say the constant temperatures, negative pressure and reduced light create the perfect conditions. | CNN International | Facebook

UNDERWATER WINE AGING IN CHILE 🍷 In cages installed on the seabed around the small Locos Island in northern Chile, divers store bottles of wine as part of a pioneering underwater-aging program promoted by entrepreneurs linked to a local diving center. A constant year-round temperature (11-12 degrees Celsius), negative pressure and reduced light create the "cellar effect" that wineries typically achieve in galleries built underground. The bottles, submerged at depths of between 10 and 20 meters