The right bubbly for one of the Navy’s newest boats

PUTNEY, Vt. — A Vermont winery’s sparkling apple wine has been selected to christen the nuclear-powered submarine Vermont.

The Brattleboro Reformer reports Putney Mountain Winery owner Charles Dodge said Tuesday their Northern Spy wine will be spilled during the christening ceremony to be held Saturday in Connecticut.

General Dynamics' Electric Boat division is building the Virginia-class fast attack submarine at a cost of $17.6 billion.

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Dodge says he had to send his wine to General Dynamics to see if it would pass a bubbles test because the wine used to christen the submarine South Dakota was “as flat as a pancake.”

The Vermont is the third warship named after the state, and it will be able to remain submerged for up to three months.

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