BA adds Bolney Estate Pinot Gris 2014 to First wine list
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at 14:42 by AspirationalFlyer2.
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AsiaFrequentFlyerParticipantCorrect me if I’m wrong but does this not retail at 12.99GBP from Waitrose?
http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/101885/ba-serves-up-uk-wine-and-tonic-water
In a week where Emirates is adding Dom Pérignon Vintage 2005 and Dom Pérignon Vintage Rosé 2003 and BA announces a further 16 seats in Club “Sardine”, I think I know who the winner is.
http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/101893/emirates-serves-vintage-dom-perignon-in-first-
http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/101898/business-class-the-winner-in-ba-b747-refit
25 Jul 2015
at 00:36
BigDog.ParticipantSimonS1 – 25/07/2015 06:43 BST
+1
Further, several British wines, especially sparkling wines, have beaten the alleged best French wines (many costing silly money) in blind tasting.
Problem with many home “wine connoisseurs” is they equate price with quality and therefore get it so wrong.
25 Jul 2015
at 09:32
AnthonyDunnParticipant@ SimonS1 – 25/07/2015 06:43 BST
@ BigDog. – 25/07/2015 10:32 BST++1
Indeed, much to the chagrin of the French sparkling wine (ooh, did I mean to say Champagne…?) producers. Interesting to see on the last episode of the Virgin Atlantic series that they too have chosen an English sparkling white wine presumably on the basis that it is more than good enough.
It really is very well worth trying out English white and sparkling wines. Those from places like Bolney and Nyetimber are grown on exactly the same “terroir” (chalk downland) as is found in the Champagne producing area of France. And, bearing in mind that Waitrose is distinctly upmarket and that their wine buyers tend to know their stuff, I would not be looking down my nose at a wine that they sell for £12.99.
25 Jul 2015
at 09:40
SimonS1Participant@Big Dog
Indeed price and quality do not always equate.
Of course quite often when people trot out these comments it is a rather feeble effort to impress (or bore) us with their perceived status.
Same as the comments about extra J seats – of course all that has happened is 32 economy seats have been replaced with 16 business ones. No impact at all on density of the cabin, but hey ho why not talk balls when it suits one’s agenda.
25 Jul 2015
at 10:20
ImissConcordeParticipantBut can it be called a British wine as it’s produced in England?
25 Jul 2015
at 11:26
AnthonyDunnParticipant@ ImissConcorde – 25/07/2015 12:26 BST
No, it is correctly referred to as English wine.
It’s my recollection that the term “British wine” refers to stuff that is brought into the country in bulk and is then doctored locally for the UK market – such as used to happen with Cypriot and South African sherries. Let’s not mix the two, either literally or metaphorically!
25 Jul 2015
at 11:42
BigDog.ParticipantI beg to differ a tad Anthony. British sparkling apparently was the definitive sparkling wine going back 400 years.
Brits imported a significant amount of French still wine, they lacked the technology to make the bottles strong enough for champagne.
A Welshman, Sir Robert Mansel was the guy who developed the strong bottle which then allowed the imported still wine to be decanted and allow the “sparkle” to develop without breaking the bottle.
Further, Welsh Ancre Hill Estates’ 2008 vintage was voted best sparkling wine in the world at the Bollicine del Mondo International Competition in Italy.
Imo currently any product of England, NI, Scotland or Wales can also market themselves as British. I guess Made in Britain has more impact than made in England/Wales/Scotland.
25 Jul 2015
at 12:13
AnthonyDunnParticipant@ BigDog. – 25/07/2015 13:13 BST
Aha, I stand corrected: you clearly know your viticultural history!
25 Jul 2015
at 15:38
AsiaFrequentFlyerParticipantYikes Simon S1. My first few comments for a while and I guess a reminder of why I stopped posting. Why the link to a comment on a previous thread? Why the need to feel so threatened about comments re BA. The thread I started actually generated some interesting discussion about UK wines. Calm down and keep it civilized. It’s a forum for chit chat.
25 Jul 2015
at 22:39
AsiaFrequentFlyerParticipantIm sad (for you) but also happy that you delight in commenting on my “silly” posts at 12 midnight on a Sat night (UK time).
Simon don’t my comment if you find them silly I guess.
25 Jul 2015
at 23:10
esselleParticipantI am with AsiaFF on this one.
The problem with BA, as this announcement again typifies, is their ability to take something relatively ordinary and present it as if it were a mould breaking step which others in the industry would be hard pressed to follow.
26 Jul 2015
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