Cathay Pacific inflight Wine List

Cathay Pacific Airways’ talent in selecting the finest wines to serve inflight has been recognised again with it being named the winner in the Cellar in the Sky 2004 wine awards run by Business Traveller and Wine International. CX won awards for “Best Business Class Cellar” and “First Class Most Original Wine List”.

CX offers a superior selection of champagne, red, white and dessert wines in its First and Business Class. All are specially selected by the airline’s experts not only to match the wide variety of inflight cuisine but also to suit the palates of passenger from different countries. CX serves more than 1 million bottles of wine and champagne every year from France, Italy, South Africa, Australia, the United States and New Zealand.

Wine List
Champagne
Billecart-Salmon Brut Champagne

White Wines
Arthur Barolet & Fils Saint Veran 2004
Climbing Chardonnay 2005

Red Wines
Labourne Roi Alaxe Corton Les Hautes Tours 2000
Vieux Chateau Landon, Cru Bourgeois Medoc 2002

Port
Dow’s Late Bottled Vintage Port 2000




Krug Grande Cuvée Champagne
Made from the finest wines from the Marne district of Champagne, Krug Grande Cuvée is known throughout the world for its unique qualities of elegance, fine mousse and distincitve flavour. Skilful blending under the personal control of Henri Krug makes the Grande Cuvée an exceptionally harmonious champagne in the unique Krug style.


Château Lynch Bages 2003
The 2003 vintage of Château Lynch Bages has loads of rich, plumy fruit with vanilla undertones that follow through to a full-bodied palate, with soft tannins and a lingering finish. It is a wine with elegance and weight combined. It goes perfectly with all kinds of red meat and stewed dishes.


Wente Riva Ranch Chardonnay 2006
Riva Ranch is the name of the Wente family’s vineyard in Arroyo Seco, where they have been growing Chardonnay grapes since the 1960’s. This Californian Chardonnay wine has a rich, golden colour and aromas of ripe tropical fruits and butter. It has a luscious mouth feel with flavours of apple, guava and butterscotch and a long, smooth finish.