NZ wine part of airline star performance

How does a serious traveller decide which airline to choose? On the basis of the winelist of course. Which means Cathay Pacific is obviously the way to go.

Cathay was one of the star performers - and the best of the airlines which fly to New Zealand - in this year's Business Traveller/Wine International Cellars in the Sky competition.

Better still, one of the wines which helped achieve that success was from New Zealand, Framingham's Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.

Cathay was judged as having the best business class cellar, with American Airlines and British Airways among the runners-up.

Japan Airlines, which does not fly direct to New Zealand, had the best first class cellar, with Qantas, Malaysian and Lan among the runners-up.

Most of the top wines you can drink on aircraft are, according to the judges, from France.

But Cathay's Framingham Sauvignon Blancand Air New Zealand's Highfield Estate Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc were joint runners-up in the best business class white category.