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Winery experiments with aging wine in ocean

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Bottles of cabernet sauvignon in protective steel cages, left, are ready to be loaded onto a boat in Charleston, S.C., Wednesday. Mira Winery of St. Helena, California, submerged four cases of wine in Charleston Harbor on Wednesday to see what effect the ocean has on aging the wine.

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A small boat with four cases of California wine has left Charleston Harbor and will submerge the wine in the ocean for three months to age it. Napa Valley-based Mira Winer is experimenting to see how the motion, temperature and light in the ocean may affect the aging of the wine.