Maxime Girardin descends from a long line of winemakers in France’s Burgundy region dating back at least 200 years.
So it caught his family off guard when he decided in 2021, then only 24, to break from tradition and try his hand at spirits instead. Even more unthinkable was what he wanted to do with his fledgling brand, Pegasus Distillerie: bottle space.
To be clear, Girardin didn’t intend to sell cases of empty bottles. He wanted to capture the essence of outer space and the stars, inspired by his love of the night sky, which began years earlier while volunteering in southern Africa. There he saw some of the clearest celestial views on Earth.
Because humans won’t be hanging their unhelmeted tongues out into the great vacuum of space anytime soon, Girardin calls his meteorite-infused liquor, Shooting Star Vodka, perhaps the next closest experience to tasting the cosmos.
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