The champagne offerings on Singapore Airlines flights just got fancier. From Dec 1, it will be the only airline in the world to serve the Cristal 2015 from renowned French champagne house Louis Roederer in its Airbus A380 Suites and Boeing 777-300ER First Class cabins. The unique vintage will initially be available on flights between Singapore and Delhi, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Paris, Shanghai, Sydney and Tokyo before being rotated on other Suites and First Class routes on a three-month basis.
This is in addition to the existing bubbly offerings of Krug Grande Cuvee and Taittinger Comtes de Champagne in the top-end cabins. Singapore Airlines’ senior vice-president of customer experience Yeoh Phee Teik shared that there are several key principles to SIA’s curation of inflight food and wine offerings. The flavours of the food and wine have to complement each other at high altitudes while the diverse preferences of the customers are taken into consideration.
He explained: “ Our monthly menu refresh is curated to match the destination and customer profile of each flight. Each menu features a variety of proteins such as fish, chicken, lamb, beef, and seafood, with wines carefully selected to complement each dish and enhance their flavours. SIA and its panel of wine consultants consider factors such as complexity, balance, ageing potential, wine origin, and grape varietal when choosing wines for in-flight service.
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