Red L

I flew SEA to AUS a couple of weeks ago, and after having a glass of white wine with my lunch, I asked for a second glass. The FA poured half a glass, and said "that's all I have." I chuckled and said, "That's all you have in that bottle, but you have more bottles, right?" She said no -- the almost 4-hour flight with 16 first class seats had been catered with one bottle of white, one bottle of rose, and one bottle of red. A few of us had asked for white with the lunch service, and it was gone. Needless to say, the white wine drinkers were not happy.

I figured it was a fluke, but then I flew SNA to SEA the other day, and the exact same thing happened. One bottle of white, one bottle of rose, and one bottle of red for a late lunch flight with 12 first class seats. I asked for a second glass of white from the back, but was told I could only have one because they needed those bottles for coach.

Is this a new (very, very annoying) thing?

missamo80

Go to www.alaskalistens.com and let them know.

Neil

PV_Premier

I agree, this needs to be feedback. 3 bottles split across 16 people isn't even enough for one per person, as each bottle is 4-5 glasses depending on the pour. Clearly not everyone drinks wine, but it's a little shortsighted to assume that a good number of people will not, particularly when AS tries to bring such pomp and circumstance to its beverage selections.

However, this is the first time I've heard of 3 options for wine on a flight, so that's a positive. It has always been just white and red, if the rose is a good one, then that is a ^ addition.

I always love flying Air New Zealand because of the nearly limitless selection of very good, "locally sourced" wine options.

AKCuisine

Just three bottles of wine for the entire first class cabin on the flight? Oh noooooooooo! That's not just very annoying, it's downright cruel.

I hope they correct this catering problem before my next flights in less than 2 weeks.



Don't hold your breath. Provisioning of rosé is just a summer promotion this year, from the not-so-notable "Chateau du House Wine."
Read the full press release here.

Jimgotkp

When will AS start offering Dom?

pcoll

Let me go out and check if there are some pigs in the sky?

dayone

The reemergence of rosé as a trend (#roséallday) reminds me that what is old eventually is new again...and that I'm getting older.

Red L

I did contact AlaskaListens and got a canned answer ("we'll send your suggestion along to our in-flight beverage manager").

And, as AKCuisine noted, compared to the usual offerings the rosé is nothing to write home about.

Red L

I flew SEA to SNA just after noon yesterday (lunch flight), and the wine situation in first class was similar to these other examples, but slightly different.

One bottle of white, one bottle of rose. But four bottles of red. The FA had no idea why, but commented she had been getting only one bottle of white more and more, regardless of flight duration or time of day.

I'm flying to Orlando on Sunday. Hopefully the transcons are being catered a little more realistically.

beckoa

I'm happy with that ratio of white to red