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LAN Calls On South America's Top Nose To Pick The In-Flight Wines
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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Beer Ban On Select Qantas Flights Is Un-Australian
Aussies are definitely not impervious to the charms of a cold can of Fosters; after all, they do have record-breaking pub crawls and boats made of beer cans. But if you're flying on a domestic Qantas flight Down Under, there are a few less beers going round these days.
Citing unruly behavior, mostly from drunken mine workers heading home after a couple of weeks working in the desert, Qantas has banned full strength beer and spirits on all flights within Western Australia. This follows existing bans on sales of spirits on intrastate flights in other parts of Australia.
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How to Chase the Green Fairy On Virgin America
A few weeks back we mentioned that Virgin America would be serving Le Tourment Vert absinthe drinks in the sky. A few days after that announcement, we found ourselves on a flight back from Seattle, pondering the purchase of said drink. But since we know our go-to drink, chardonnay, can do the job and do the job well, we decided to skip the absinthe. However, our row mate decided to splurge on not one, but two Le Tourment Vert absinthe drinks.
According to the RED ordering system, you can pick your mixer to go with the green absinthe which arrives in a small bottle with a cork stopper. However, Le Tourment Vert suggests mixing the drink with Sprite and garnishing with a lemon wedge.
While the drink is 100 proof and includes traditional ingredients like grand wormwood, star anise, fennel, sage and eucalyptus, it's not going to make you see things that aren't really there (as Oscar Wilde once said.) Then again, after downing his drinks, our row mate did hop onto the Virgin in-flight WiFi to begin cruising his eHarmony.com love matches. Ah, there's nothing like liquid courage.
Le Tourment Vert is served gratis in First Class and Main Cabin Select and is available for $8 in economy class.
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