Did you know there's only one master wine sommelier in the whole of South America? LAN Airlines does, and they've convinced this sommelier, Hector Vergara, to help design them a crackin' in-flight wine list. The idea is to "excite passengers" as they learn about some of the local New World wines that South America has to offer.
Designed to complement the various South American-style dishes that the in-flight caterers serve up, the new LAN wine list features a Sauvignon Blanc, a Pinot Noir and a Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile, and a Malbec and a Chardonnay from Argentina. So yeah, not exactly covering the continent that well, but we can only presume that Vergara has picked the best of the best, and we'll be ready to knock back at least a few samples next time we're flying south of the equator. Also, this partnership between sommelier and LAN is just another notch on the wine discovery post for the airlines, after most other major airlines did the same with their own noted connoisseurs years ago.
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