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Who serves the best onboard wine, and which bottles should you choose?

WORDS HANNAH BRANDLER

Over two busy days at the end of November, some of the world’s finest wine experts assembled to select the best bottles served by airlines in business and first class in 2019. Our judges – masters of wine Sarah Abbott, Tim Atkin and Peter McCombie, journalist and wine writer Kathryn McWhirter and head judge Charles Metcalfe, co-chairman of the International Wine Challenge – took up residence at London’s Amba Hotel Grosvenor in Victoria to conduct extensive tastings. ‘To be eligible for the Best Overall Cellar, airlines had to enter at least one red, white and sparkling wine’ Business Traveller’s Cellars in the Sky awards has been running since 1985. This year, 35 airlines entered, with judges sampling more than 250 bottles to find the winners. The competition is open to any carrier…

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Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Edition (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2020

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