For Sale: A $1 Million Bottle of Bordeaux Aged in Space

What goes up must come down. The same applies for the dozen bottles of red wine blasted into space in November of 2019, which splash-landed in the Atlantic earlier this year. They’ve dried off, cleaned up, and now one bottle is being sold by the auction house Christie’s. After aging for 14 months aboard the International Space Station, a bottle of space-aged Merlot can now be yours. Christie’s expects a selling price of an astronomical $1 million. From 250 miles high, the crate of Petrus 2000 (a luxury Merlot) orbited…

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