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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 b...

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 (...