I rarely drink so I can't weigh in on the wine debate (OMNI: although the Chilean wines are super so Kudos to CHILE! Ditto the Aussie white wines!)

I think what I'll do is what the menus over my next few trips... I assume they change the foods daily but I'll see.

OMNI to MERRY: You never offend me! That's just your opinion and you're stickin' to it!
(I'm quoting JAWS quoting a number one country song!)

From my cellar (Chilean Wines presented to me by during the California Wine Exchange sponsored by UA):

Santa Carolina - Riserva Cabernet Sauvignon 1995 Maipo Valley - OK

1996 Caliterra - Excellent (Don't have too much info on this one as I finished all of 'em)

You're ALL wrong. Australian Shiraz is the only decent wine in the world. (PeterB, tell Mitchelton Estates they owe my advertising fees...)

Now Matt -- "the only decent wine"? I've had a few table wines in France that were -- to my taste -- better than 90% of the other wines I've tasted!

Shiraz is an excellent wine (I'll bring some to the PiP --

Oops -- just realized I'm losing your advertising fees -- sorry!!!

Shiraz: that's a grape sort. And as with almost any grape sort, you (and nature) can make fantastic good or unbelievable bad wines out of it.

Ganz Richtig!!

(Warning: completely OMNI)

Rudi - great website, but I didn't see your smiling face featured. An oversight you must correct.

And a great selection - but I note you don't deliver outside Switzerland (drat!). All I got from my Great-grandmother were some outstanding recipes for German bread (and some good genes, I think).

The point about the varietals (Sorten) is well taken. Personally, although I enjoy Aussie whites as much as Washington State whites (and I once ran into an absolutely great Czechoslovakian white), the Mosels and the Frankenwiens are my favorites (with Alsacians -- the wines, not the Schaefferhunds -- a close third). There is one Winzergenossenschaft in Iphofen that makes a Scheurebe you wouldn't believe. (I could go on about white wines all day.)

Sorry - we now return you to your regular discussion, still in progress.

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Nothing beats an old bottle of Chateau Rothchild 1967. It's amazing everytime I request some in first class on Delta. They say they are out of stock(:. Go figure.

Till next time.
Mike

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Merry, you are right,the 319 doesn't have a great 1st class service--the other problem is with only 8 seats they have to board a lot of meals (maybe more than they have capacity for) to assure people their choices. I think those carts store about 12 trays, so that means that they would have to board 2x that to get choices for everyone (plus crew etc).

Okay - my 2 cents worth here now...

UA on their international, internal Asia flights are surprisingly good. Flights like NRT-SIN, NRT-HKG, HKG-BKK etc. Once the flight comes in from the US, Asian crew take over from the US ones and service and food are excellent in J class.

So there is a North American that really knows something about wine - and his name is Matt Wald