The last bottle with a note to be found was in Denmark ... it can now also be shared with the world." Writing online, Mrs Illman described the find as "the most remarkable event in my life".

One of the world's oldest bottles of Cognac has been sold in an online auction for £118,580. The spirit dates back to 1762 and has been stored in a family cellar for the past 140 years.

The sound of a bottle popping may be a familiar harbinger of good, but the humble material behind the pop has more uses than you might imagine.

There was no genie inside, but a bottle washed up on the shores of Peterborough in Victoria has been dubbed just as magical — after it made its way from Brazil over 16 years ago. A local, by the ...