Wine
Low cost airlines win blind wine tasting
A blind wine tasting of Economy class wines has come up with some surprising results. Flight comparison website Skyscanner reveals the results
A panel of international travellers and wine experts has declared easyJet’s wine to be the best white wine in a recent blind tasting of airline Economy class wines, conducted by Skyscanner in the UK. The panel of ten judges, led by wine expert
Tom Cannavan, were asked to blind taste 12 red and 12 white wines served on board the major carriers, and score each a mark out of ten. Flying the flag for budget carriers, easyJet’s
Louis Mondeville Côtes de Gasgogne (France) took first place in the white wine category, although rival no frills airline Ryanair was not far behind with its offering, Garganega Trebbiano Villa Cardini (Italy), in 5th place. The winning reds however showed a
White wine AIRLINE
1. easyJet DETAILS
Louis Mondeville Côtes de Gasgogne (France) supplied by Ratcliffe and Brown
2. SAS
Crusan Colombard Sauvignon Côtes de Gasgogne (France)
3. Virgin Atlantic Paul Sapin, Florinda Airen Sauvingnon Blanc (Spain)
4. KLM 5. Ryanair
Terra Andina Sauvignon Blanc – Chardonnay (Chile)
Garganega Trebbiano Villa Cardini (Italy)
greater preference towards national carriers with British Airways’ Argento Malbec scoring the highest, followed by Emirates Weighbridge Shiraz by Peter Lehmann. In joint third place were Air France’s Coulers Du Sud Syrah Pays D’oc and KLM’s Terra Andina Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot. KLM and Virgin Atlantic were the only airlines to have their wines appear in the top five in both the red and white categories. James Cave, Skyscanner’s wine expert
and editor of the wine blog Regularwino, commented: “Before the tasting, my perception was that Emirates would score well as I know they invest heavily in their onboard food and drink. I was therefore surprised that, although they came second for their red wine, they missed out to budget airlines in the white wine category. “While these results certainly indicate
which appear to be the majorities’ preferred wines, it is worth noting that the drinking conditions are different at 30,000 feet - your taste buds are dulled, the wine may not be room temperature and the reduced amount of fresh oxygen in the pressurised cabin means your wine won’t breathe in quite the same way as it would on the ground. Airlines have to take all of this into account when deciding which wines to offer customers on board.” The tasting panel was made up of 10 judges across seven
Red wine AIRLINE
2. Emirates 3. Air France 4. KLM 5. Virgin DETAILS
1. British Airways Argento Malbec (Argentina)
Weighbridge Shiraz by Peter Lehmann (Australia)
Coulers du Sud Syrah Pays D’oc (France)
Terra Andina Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot (Chile)
Paul Sapin, Florinda Airen Cabernet Sauvingnon (Spain)
The highest scoring red wines
nationalities and included wine experts Juel Mahoney of Wine Woman & Song and Peter Adshead, Sommelier at the five star Rocco Forte Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh.
Skyscanner is a travel search site providing online comparisons of prices for millions of flights on over 600 airlines, as well as car hire and hotels.
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