Top of the Class

Cheers to the winners of Business Traveller U.K.'s 2022 Cellars in the Sky Awards

- Hannah Brandler

FOLLOWING TWO YEARS Of restrictions on in-flight services, travel is back. This also signaled the return to a normal judging process for Business Traveller U.K.'s Cellars in the Sky awards.

A panel of judges convened to select the best bottles served by airlines in business and first class in 2022. The judges were John Worontschak, Helen McGinn, Masters of Wine Peter McCombie and Sarah Abbott and head judge Charles Metcalfe, cofounder of the International Wine Challenge.

"The standard has been greater than previous years," explains Metcalfe. "There were very few wines that we felt did not perform." The pandemic did not lead to a drop in quality, with airlines continuing to invest in top-class beverages.

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