Czech castle unveils 'hidden' wines from 1890s

Under the floor boards of this Czech castle in the town of Becov a treasure trove for wine lovers.

More than 130 bottles of rare fine wines from the 1890s, buried by the castle's owners at the end of World War II to keep them safe from plundering soldiers.

The wines were left largely untouched even after their discovery in 1985.

Now, Czech authorities have invited sommeliers to carefully test the bottles for their value.

Greg Lambrecht invented a device that carefully takes a sample of wine using a needle through the cork, keeping the bottle intact.

Coravin inventor, Greg Lambrecht, said: "These are from a different age made by people they are no longer with us in a time that is long gone. It's really a special thing, to taste something that has been put in the glass and sealed with cork for that long, capturing that era."

Master of Wine Andreas Wickhoff says this stash of Becov wine is unique, especially since wines half as old often turn up spoiled.

Andreas Wickhoff, advanced sommelier and Master of Wine said: "We are extremely thrilled and very positively surprised about the condition of the wines. There was no, no sign of oxidation, the wines were in very, very stable condition."

Some of the bottles are worth over $30,000 and early estimates put the entire collection at over 1.2 million... proving the old adage that some things are 'well worth the wait'.