Pieter Colpaert

The bottle was real. Oh, the bottle was real? The bottle was real, but the cartoon monkey is fake. Okay.

Nope. I don't think any bottle of wine is worth 2.5 million. And there's another one called the Taste of Diamonds Champagne. That's a bottle they engraved with gold, and then they built an 18-carat diamond into the label. Oh, my God. That one, a little over 10 years ago, they sold for $1.9 million. Wow. That's dumb.

Nope. I don't think any bottle of wine is worth 2.5 million. And there's another one called the Taste of Diamonds Champagne. That's a bottle they engraved with gold, and then they built an 18-carat diamond into the label. Oh, my God. That one, a little over 10 years ago, they sold for $1.9 million. Wow. That's dumb.

Nope. I don't think any bottle of wine is worth 2.5 million. And there's another one called the Taste of Diamonds Champagne. That's a bottle they engraved with gold, and then they built an 18-carat diamond into the label. Oh, my God. That one, a little over 10 years ago, they sold for $1.9 million. Wow. That's dumb.

I mean, I think they're all kind of dumb, ridiculous examples. Although my favorite of these crazy expensive wines, I think, is the wine that went to space.

I mean, I think they're all kind of dumb, ridiculous examples. Although my favorite of these crazy expensive wines, I think, is the wine that went to space.

I mean, I think they're all kind of dumb, ridiculous examples. Although my favorite of these crazy expensive wines, I think, is the wine that went to space.

Yeah, it's something like that. I mean, they basically sent 12 bottles of Petrus 2000. That's considered one of the best wines in the world. They sent them to the International Space Station where they orbited for more than 14 months, just going around the Earth.

Yeah, it's something like that. I mean, they basically sent 12 bottles of Petrus 2000. That's considered one of the best wines in the world. They sent them to the International Space Station where they orbited for more than 14 months, just going around the Earth.

Yeah, it's something like that. I mean, they basically sent 12 bottles of Petrus 2000. That's considered one of the best wines in the world. They sent them to the International Space Station where they orbited for more than 14 months, just going around the Earth.

Great question. I mean, it was part of a privately funded research study on food and agriculture in space. So they were trying to examine the effect of zero gravity and space conditions on the aging process of wine. Okay, whatever. Yeah, I mean, when the bottles returned to Earth in January of 2021, they had some scientists analyze them.

Great question. I mean, it was part of a privately funded research study on food and agriculture in space. So they were trying to examine the effect of zero gravity and space conditions on the aging process of wine. Okay, whatever. Yeah, I mean, when the bottles returned to Earth in January of 2021, they had some scientists analyze them.

Great question. I mean, it was part of a privately funded research study on food and agriculture in space. So they were trying to examine the effect of zero gravity and space conditions on the aging process of wine. Okay, whatever. Yeah, I mean, when the bottles returned to Earth in January of 2021, they had some scientists analyze them.

And then they also had like a group of super lucky wine tasters. They got to compare the space-aged wine with the Earth-aged bottles.

And then they also had like a group of super lucky wine tasters. They got to compare the space-aged wine with the Earth-aged bottles.

And then they also had like a group of super lucky wine tasters. They got to compare the space-aged wine with the Earth-aged bottles.

No, I mean, it did taste more smoky. I bet it did. more floral. And that's according to journalist and wine writer, Jane Anson. She was one of the tasters. She said, you know, it's noticeably different, but she also said those are the aromatics, you know, the smoky floral ones that would develop when you age Petrus anyway, you know, whether you age it in space or, you know, in your cellar. Right.

No, I mean, it did taste more smoky. I bet it did. more floral. And that's according to journalist and wine writer, Jane Anson. She was one of the tasters. She said, you know, it's noticeably different, but she also said those are the aromatics, you know, the smoky floral ones that would develop when you age Petrus anyway, you know, whether you age it in space or, you know, in your cellar. Right.

No, I mean, it did taste more smoky. I bet it did. more floral. And that's according to journalist and wine writer, Jane Anson. She was one of the tasters. She said, you know, it's noticeably different, but she also said those are the aromatics, you know, the smoky floral ones that would develop when you age Petrus anyway, you know, whether you age it in space or, you know, in your cellar. Right.

In your cellar, your basement. Yeah. Yeah. She couldn't even say if it was better or worse. Yeah.