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LONDON -- 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 US$1 million to own it. The Petrus 2000 is one of 12 bottles sent into space in November 2019 by researchers exploring the potential for extraterrestrial agriculture. It returned 14 months later subtly altered, according to wine experts who sampled it at a tasting in France. Tim Tiptree, international dire...

Wine that went to space for sale with $1 million price tag JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3A 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. The bottle of French wine is up for a private sale at Christie’s, with a stratospheric price tag in the region of euro 1 million.Christophe Ena/APShow MoreShow Less 2of3A 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. Christie’s ...

Spaced out: Wine that orbited Earth up for sale with million-dollar price tag 04/05/2021, 3:02 pm 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. The bottle of French wine is up for a private sale at Christie’s, with a stratospheric price tag in the region of euro 1 million. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) The wine is out of this world, and the price is appropriately stratospheric. Christie’s is selling a bottle of French wine that spent more than a year in orbit aboard the International Space Station...

Space-aged wine for sale after spending 14 months on International Space Station Christophe Ena/AP 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. The bottle of French wine is up for a private sale at Christie’s, with a stratospheric price tag in the region of euro 1 million. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) and last updated 2021-05-04 13:32:50-04 LONDON — The wine is out of this world and the price is stratospheric. A bottle of French red wine that flew around earth aboard the International Spa...

Decanter Petrus wine aged in space to go on sale at Christie’s for possible $1million A bottle of Petrus 2000 that spent more than a year in space orbiting the earth is set to be offered for sale by Christie’s, the auction house has announced. May 4, 2021 The bespoke case up for sale includes both Petrus space and earth-aged wines. Credit: Christie's Images Ltd 2021. Petrus 2000 ‘space wine’ after Christie’s announced it would be offering a bottle via private sale. A Christie’s spokesperson confirmed the estimated sale price was in the region of $1m (...