EATS // saluté A worldly look at wine
LEGENDARY WINES
Some wines are out-of-this-world good…like a 1975 Chateau Lynch-Bages Bordeaux that was the first wine consumed in outer space. STORY: MARY ANN DESANTIS
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n 1985, French astronaut Patrick Baudry wanted to take French wine on his shuttle mission aboard the Discovery to demonstrate his attachment to France and to the country’s way of life. And not just any old bottle would do. After all, the wine needed to be legendary for this monumental honor. Baudry selected a 10-year-old Bordeaux from Chateau Lynch-Bages, considered to be one of the best quality wines in the world. Chateau Lynch-Bages, located in the Pauillac appellation of France on the Bages plateau, was among the 1855 Official Classification of Medoc and Graves—an esteemed and
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