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BBC News By Toby Luckhurst image copyrightChristie s Images Ltd. 2021 image captionChristie s estimates a sale price of $1m (£720,000) for the wine and a normal bottle for comparison A bottle of French wine that orbited the Earth for more than a year has been put up for sale. The bottle of Pétrus 2000 - made from merlot grapes in the Bordeaux region - spent 14 months in orbit as part of a privately funded research study on food and agriculture. On Tuesday Christie s announced the wine is now available through its private sales. The auction house estimates a sale price of $1m (£720,000; €830,000). Tim Triptree, a Master of Wine who works at Christie s, told the BBC a regular bottle of Pétrus 2000 will also be sold alongside the space-aged bottle, so the lucky buyer will be able to compare the two . ....
Wine matured in space put up for sale A bottle of French wine that orbited the Earth for more than a year has been put up for sale. The bottle of Pétrus 2000 - made from Merlot grapes in the Bordeaux region - spent 14 months in orbit as part of a privately-funded research study on food and agriculture. On Tuesday Christie s announced the wine is now available through its private sales. The auction house estimates a sale price of $1m (£720,000). Tim Triptree, a Master of Wine who works at Christie s, told the BBC a regular bottle of Pétrus 2000 will also be sold alongside the space-aged bottle, so the lucky buyer will be able to compare the two . ....
Decanter The best in contemporary food and drink writing recognised The winners of the 2020 André Simon Awards were announced on Wednesday 3 March, in a Zoom ceremony attended by an international audience. The winner of the Drink Award was Intoxicating: Ten Drinks that Shaped Australia, a personal journey through Australia’s colourful and complex drinking history, by Max Allen. ‘What made Intoxicating the outstanding work in the group was Max Allen’s achievement in weaving the minor world of drinks into a major historical and cultural context,’ said John Hoskins MW, one of two independent assessors overseeing the judging panel. ‘This is a book that anyone with an interest in humanity would enjoy; it is a drinks book that will stand the test of time.’ ....