Space-aged Bordeaux wine offered for private sale by Christie s
This content was published on May 5, 2021 - 05:09
May 5, 2021 - 05:09
By Steve Gorman
(Reuters) - A space-aged bottle of fine French wine, part of a case of Bordeaux that was literally matured in Earth orbit for 14 months, is being put up for private sale by Christie s, and the auction house estimates it may fetch up to $1 million.
The unprecedented offering of the 2000 vintage Petrus, an exclusive, world-class red produced from Merlot grapes in the Pomerol wine-growing region of Bordeaux, was announced in London on Wednesday. This bottle of Petrus 2000 marks a momentous step in the pursuit of developing and gaining a greater understanding of the maturation of wine, Tim Triptree, international director of the auctioneer s wine and spirits department, said in a statement.
Wine that spent over a year in space for sale with $1 million price tag
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LONDON (AP) - The wine is out of this world. The price is appropriately stratospheric.
Christie’s said Tuesday it is selling a bottle of French wine that spent more than a year in orbit aboard the International Space Station. The auction house thinks a wine connoisseur might pay as much as $1 million to own it.