Chi offre i migliori vini ad alta quota?
Ecco il podio con le wine list delle principali compagnie aeree del mondo, quelle che si sono meritate il Cellar in the Sky award, il premio lanciato dalla rivista inglese di riferimento su viaggi The Business Traveller. Proprio il vino è una delle carte che ogni compagnia aerea si gioca sempre di più per rendere completa e prestigiosa la propria offerta. I premi sono suddivisi in categorie: Best Overall Wine Cellar, Best First Class Cantina, e Best Business Class Cellar. Sbanca Emirates, che conquista due ori, per il Miglior Vino rosso nella prima classe, un Clarendon Hills Shiraz del 2005 e il Miglior vino da dessert in business class, con un Graham's Tawny Port 20 anni. Mentre è la compagnia taiwanese Eva Air a proporre ai propri passeggeri le migliori bollicine, con un Dom Pérignon 2004, e i migliori bianchi, serve un borgogna Vincent Girardin Chassagne-Montrachet Vieilles Vignes.
Ecco i Callar in The Sky Award:
Best Overall Wine Cellar
1. Qantas
2. Emirates
3. (JOINT) El-Al, Cathay Pacific
FIRST CLASS
Best First Class Red
1. Emirates – 2005 Clarendon Hills Shiraz, McLaren Vale, Australia
2. British Airways – 2007 Napanook, Napa Valley, California
3. Emirates – 2000 Château Cos d’Estournel, Saint-Estèphe, Bordeaux, France
Best First Class White
1. Qantas – 2009 Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay, Margaret River, Australia
2. TAM Airlines – 2009 Dr Bürklin-Wolf Pechstein Grand Cru, Pfalz, Germany
3. (JOINT) El-Al – 2012 Yarden Viognier, Galilee, Golan Heights, Israel; Malaysia Airlines – 2011 Fritz Haag Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese, Mosel, Germany
Best First Class Sparkling
1. Qantas – 2009 Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay, Margaret River, Australia
2. (JOINT) Korean Air – 1998 Laurent-Perrier Alexandra Rosé, Champagne, France; Singapore Airlines – 2004 Dom Pérignon, Champagne, France
3. American Airlines – Gosset Grande Réserve NV, Champagne, France
Best First Class Fortified/Dessert
1. El-Al – 2011 Yarden Heights Gewurztraminer Late Harvest, Golan Heights, Galilee, Israel
2. Qantas – Seppeltsfield Paramount Rare Tokay NV, Australia
3. (JOINT) All Nippon Airways – W.& J. Graham’s 30 Year-Old Tawny Port, Portugal; TAM Airlines – 2005 Croft Late Bottled Vintage Port, Portugal
Best First Class Cellar
1. Qantas
2. All Nippon Airways
3. British Airways
Best-Presented First Class Wine List
1. Qatar Airways
2. Qantas
3. Singapore Airlines
BUSINESS CLASS
Best Business Class Red
1. Cathay Pacific – 2008 Murray Street White Label Barossa Shiraz, Australia
2. Qantas – 2011 Best’s Great Western Bin One Shiraz, Victoria, Australia
3. (JOINT) Etihad Airways – 2010 Jim Barry The Lodge Hill Shiraz, Clare Valley, Australia; Finnair – 2012 Atteca Vieilles Vignes, Calatayud, Spain
Best Business Class White
1. Eva Air – 2010 Vincent Girardin Chassagne-Montrachet Vieilles Vignes, Burgundy, France
2. Cathay Pacific – 2009 Taylors Chardonnay, Clare Valley, Australia
3. Air Canada – 2013 Peter Yealands Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand
Best Business Class Sparkling
1. Eva Air – 2004 Dom Pérignon, Champagne, France
2. (JOINT) All Nippon Airways, Qantas, Singapore Airlines – NV Charles Heidsieck Brut Reserve, Champagne, France; Emirates – 2004 Veuve Clicquot, Champagne, France
3. American Airlines – 2008 Moutard, Champagne, France
Best Business Class Fortified/Dessert
1. Emirates – Graham's 20 Year-Old Tawny Port, Portugal
2. Qantas – 2008 Lillypilly Noble Blend Family Reserve, New South Wales, Australia
3. Austrian Airlines – 2010 Kracher Cuvée Beerenauslese, Neusiedlersee, Austria
Best Business Class Cellar
1. Qantas
2. Etihad Airways
3. Cathay Pacific
Best-Presented Business Class Wine List
1. Air New Zealand
2. Qatar Airways
3. Finnair
Best Airline Alliance For Wine
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