Space-aged Bordeaux wine could fetch up to $1 million at auction Reuters Thursday, May 6th 2021, 10:27 am - A space-aged bottle of fine French wine that was literally matured in Earth orbit for 14 months will be offered for private sale by Christie’s auction house, in a wine cellar in Paris, France, May 6, 2021. 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 [USD]. 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 Tuesday.