It tastes like flowers. It smells like a campfire. What is it? It is a $6,000 bottle of Petrus Pomerol wine that spent a year on the International Space Station. Researchers in Bordeaux are examining the twelve bottles of wine as well as 320 pieces of grapevines that returned to Earth in January. They say the wine and grapevines are part of a longer-term effort to make plants on Earth better resist climate change and disease. Alcohol and glass are not usually permitted on the International Space Station. Each bottle was packed inside a special steel container during the journey. At a special tasting this month, 12 wine experts tried one of the space-traveled wines at the Institute for Wine and Vine Research in Bordeaux.
Title: Wine Experts Taste Space Wine
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It smells like a campfire.</span> <span data-start-time='6646' data-end-time='8313'>What is it?</span> <span data-start-time='8313' data-end-time='18875'>It is a $6,000 bottle of Petrus Pomerol wine that spent a year on the International Space Station.</span> <span data-start-time='18875' data-end-time='32917'>Researchers in Bordeaux are examining the twelve bottles of wine as well as 320 pieces of grapevines that returned to Earth in January.</span> <span data-start-time='32917' data-end-time='45604'> They say the wine and grapevines are part of a longer-term effort to make plants on Earth better resist climate change and disease.</span> <span data-start-time='45604' data-end-time='53313'>Alcohol and glass are not usually permitted on the International Space Station.</span> <span data-start-time='53313' data-end-time='60229'> Each bottle was packed inside a special steel container during the journey.</span> <span data-start-time='60229' data-end-time='74438'>At a special tasting this month, 12 wine experts tried one of the space-traveled wines at the Institute for Wine and Vine Research in Bordeaux.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4988/C.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=17106 data-hint-location='45604' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4988/the_wine_that_was_sent_to_space_spent_time_in_the__blank_.wav'>The wine that was sent to space spent time in the <span class='blank'>International Space Station</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='International Space Station'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4988/mars_rover.wav'><span>Mars rover</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4988/centrifuge_chamber.wav'><span>centrifuge chamber</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4988/international_space_station.wav'><span>International Space Station</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4988/zero_gravity_room.wav'><span>zero gravity room</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question 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