Private space startup Space Cargo Unlimited sent the wine into orbit in November 2019 as part of an effort to make plants on Earth more resilient to climate change and disease by exposing them to new stresses. Researchers also want to better understand the aging process, fermentation and bubbles in wine.
At a taste test in March at the Institute for Wine and Vine Research in Bordeaux, France, a dozen wine connoisseurs compared one of the space-traveled wines to a bottle from the same vintage that had stayed in a cellar.
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A bottle of Petrus red wine that spent a year orbiting the world in the International Space Station is pictured in Paris Monday, May 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Wine That Made Trip to Space on Sale With $1 Million Price Tag
On 5/4/21 at 4:01 PM EDT
Saying this bottle of wine is out of this world would be a pretty fair statement.
A bottle of French Pétrus 2000 wine, originally priced at $10,000 a bottle, returned from a trip into space along with 11 other wine bottles this January. The goods spent more than one year at the International Space Station and are now selling for $1 million.
Christie s auction house in London told the Associated Press that they believe the price tag won t be an obstacle when selling the bottle, as they believe connoisseurs will be willing to pay the price.
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Private space startup Space Cargo Unlimited sent the wine into orbit in November 2019 as part of an effort to make plants on Earth more resilient to climate change and disease by exposing them to new stresses. Researchers also want to better understand the aging process, fermentation and bubbles in wine.
At a taste test in March at the Institute for Wine and Vine Research in Bordeaux, France, a dozen wine connoisseurs compared one of the space-traveled wines to a bottle from the same vintage that had stayed in a cellar.
They noted a difference that was hard to describe. Jane Anson, a writer with the wine publication Decanter, said the wine that remained on Earth tasted a bit younger, the space version slightly softer and more aromatic.