Now, here’s something you’ll want to buy.

Christie’s will hold a private sale of the bottle of 2000 Petrus that spent 14 months aboard the International Space Station. Proceeds will go to funding future space missions.

Sadly, there’s only one bottle. It will be packaged in a unique trunk made by Parisian Maison d’Arts Les Ateliers Victory. The trunk will include a decanter, glasses and a corkscrew made from a meteorite.

The 2000 Petrus, valued at about $7,000, was one of a dozen wines sent into space on November 2, 2019. One of the goals of the mission was to see h ow plants adapt to the stress of space conditions. According to the Christie’s release, “Recreating an Earth-like environment with near-zero gravity…offers a unique research framework to better understand the evolution of key components of wine, including yeast, bacteria and polyphenols.”

The space-aged wines were analyzed on March 1. Said the release, “The initial results found the bottles positively endured all the constraints of preparation, travel, and storage. Remarkable differences in the color, aromas and taste components were noted, and the wines sampled were commended for their compexity and considered to be great wines.”

In other words, the wines were the same on Earth as they were in space.

Wouldn’t it be interesting if the person who buys the Petrus finds out it is corked?