A wine could become the most expensive in the world for some exotic reason

A bottle of wine that spent a little over a year on an International Space Station now could be worth up to a million dollars. It’s a litter of wines Petrus 2000, considered high-end, which were used for a scientific experiment and will now be auctioned. According to the specialists who tested the results, the wine matured in a unique way thanks to the weightless environment in which it remained for 14 months.

In total, around 12 bottles will now be auctioned. All were sent in November 2019 to space, with the idea of ​​establishing the potential of alien agriculture. This was reported by auction house Christie’s, which he will now offer each of these wines at a price that could reach a million dollars.

This litter of Pétrus 2000 wines spent a total of around 14 months in space. Upon his return to Earth, French specialists found that the drink had been slightly modified. Apparently the wine “matured in a unique environment”, as he considered it. Tim tiptree, International Director of the Wines and Spirits Department at Christie’s. It is partly believed that an environment of near zero gravity this is the factor that would have affected them in such a special way.

Prior to your stay in space, each bottle of this exclusive wine was priced at $ 10,000. As Tiptree explains, it is a drink renowned for its silky, ripe tannins and distinguished by flavors of black cherry. “It’s a very harmonious wine that has the ability to age beautifully, which is why it was chosen for this experience,” he said. The specialist, like the team he leads, was satisfied with the results obtained in the experiment: “It’s very encouraging to know how delicious it was when he came back to Earth.”

Private space company Space Cargo Unlimited put wine into orbit in November 2019 as part of an effort to make Earth’s plants more resilient to climate change and disease by exposing them to new stressors. Researchers also want to better understand the aging process, fermentation and bubbles in wine.

The proceeds from the sale will fund future research for Space Cargo Unlimited. Other bottles of the dozen that went into space are unopened, but Christie’s has said there are no plans to sell them.

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