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World’s First Meteorite-Aged Wine.
Norwich-born Ian Hutcheon (NB: I KNEW it would be a Brit behind this!) has released a Cabernet Sauvignon called Meteorito, aged with a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite from the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter. The “extra-terrestrial wine” was created at Hutcheon’s Tremonte Vineyard in the Cachapoal Valley in Chile, which he bought in 2009. “I’ve been involved in wines and astronomy for many, many years and I wanted to find some way of combining the…
jimbassman
To me, it would depend on the quality (and price) of the wine. If I’m paying $8/glass, no big deal, but if I’m paying $20/glass I’d probably even ask them to open a fresh bottle for me. My wife doesn’t drink wine, so by the glass is usually how I drink it in restaurants.
Charles Teaney
Taste it. If it tastes good, no probs. Otherwise ask for a fresh glass just as if the first glass had been corked.
Kris Chislett
…and that’s the funny thing! I’ve never heard someone say: “Hmmmmmm….this tastes like it was poured from a combination of two bottles!!!” It’s only when they SEE it being done that it all of a sudden becomes a problem.
Kris Chislett
Agreed.