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May 10, 2021 In case you missed it, a bottle of Petrus 2000, was launched into space on November 2nd, 2019...and stayed aboard the International Space Station until January 14thof this year. It got aboard the space station as part of an experiment conducted by Space Cargo Unlimited which is doing research on the future of agriculture. Now it’s up for auction, and it’s estimated to go for at least $1-million. If you’re going to drop that kind of cash on a bottle of wine, you probably want some ‘extras,’ right? If aging in outer space isn’t enough for you, this bottle comes in a cus...

A bottle of space-aged Château Pétrus 2000 is being sold for $1 million FacebookTwitterEmail Bordeaux Mayor Pierre Hurmic checks glasses of wine, during a tasting session, with one glass containing wine that spent a year orbiting the world in the International Space Station, at the Institute for Wine and Vine Research in Villenave-d'Ornon, southwestern France, Monday, March 1, 2021. Researchers in Bordeaux are carefully studying a dozen bottles of French wine that returned to Earth after a stay aboard the International Space Station.Christophe Ena/AP This wine is literally out of this world...

The rare example of Pétrus 2000 was sent up to the space station 250 miles above our planet by Space Cargo Unlimited (SCU) and pre-sale estimates indicate that it could haul in an estimated $1 million via Christie’s Private Sales, with the proceeds going to fund future space missions. Credit: Christie's Auction House Ltd. “This bottle of Pétrus 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 Christie’s wine and spirits department, noted in a statement this we...

Updated / Friday, 7 May 2021 16:31 We need your consent to load this YouTube contentWe use YouTube to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences A bottle of Petrus 2000 red wine, which spent 14 months maturing in space, is up for sale and could fetch around $1 million, according to Christie's. The unprecedented offering of the world-class red produced from Merlot grapes in the Pomerol wine-growing region of Bordeaux, was announced in London on Tuesday. The bo...

A bottle of wine aged in space could sell for $1 million — how and why it tastes different than Earth-bound wine CNBC 1 hr ago Tom Huddleston Jr. © Provided by CNBC Christie's is selling a bottle of Chateau Petrus 2000 that spent 14 months aging aboard the International Space Station while orbiting Earth. A bottle of red wine that spent more than a year in space could end up being the most expensive wine ever sold. Christie's is selling a bottle of Pétrus 2000 that was aged for 14 months aboard the International Space Station (ISS) before returning to Earth in January....