Red wine in space may age faster than on Earth, study finds

[Admin]

Red wine stored at the International Space Station for more than a year returned to Earth looking and testing a bit different, and it aged faster than wine on Earth.

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[Catastrophe]

Leave your Von Romanee '64 at home!

Cat

 

[sam85geo]

Next phase, the conglomerate wine industry will be aging wine in factories mimicking space like conditions; followed by a marked retail price increase for the "unique star wine experience". And all because of lesser gravity; go figure. Better still pour a glass when available.

 

[sam85geo]

I just read that a bottle of this "space aged wine", that's one bottle, will be special auctioned at Christies, and is expected to go for a million dollars. The successful bidder will receive the wine in a unique, specially designed box along with a bottle of the standard version. For taste testing by the fortunate I suppose? Just for comparison: The price of a bottle of the off the shelf Earthly version of this wine is approx. $6K. Since I'm all for capitalism, I'll forego the snide envy, and be content with a bottle of "Howling Cat Red" that comes in it's own paper bag for $3.95 a half gallon.