A British astronomer who also happens to be a winemaker came up with a new gimmicky wine that he claimed to be marinated with meteorites from the asteroid belt that's over 4.5 billion years old. Ian Hutcheon called his Cabernet Sauvignon wine the Meteorito and made it in his own vineyard located in the lush Cachapoal Valley of Chile. He claims that by purchasing his wine, people will be able to drink "elements from the birth of the solar system". The rare meteorite used for making the wine was lended to him by an American. It crashed into the Atacama Desert over six-thousand years ago. Regardless of how the meteorite acts just as a placebo in the taste of wine, Drinks Business and Forbes find it interesting enough to be taken seriously. This gimmick is strikingly similar to the Crystal Skull Vodka.
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