The Annual Cellars in the Sky Awards has awarded Qantas a record 13 medals this year, including best overall cellar. The awards recognise the airline’s focus on promoting the range and quality of Australian winemakers with wine selections featuring a range of wine varietals and coming from well-known heritage vineyards as well as emerging boutique wineries.
“We are proud to showcase Australian wines on the world stage and the recognition at this year’s Cellars in the Sky Awards shows that Australia punches above its weight when it comes to the fantastic quality of our wine. Frequent Flyers tell us they enjoy discovering their new favourite wine onboard a Qantas flight as they are often more curious and eager to trying new wines when travelling.”
Master Sommelier Sebastian Crowther
Every year, Master Sommelier Sebastian Crowther, a group of three Qantas Neil Perry Sommeliers and three Qantas Sommeliers in the Sky blind taste around 1,800 bottles of wine during the airline’s annual ‘wine week’ to select the vintages and varietals that are then offered to travellers across the Qantas domestic and international network. Travellers on Qantas consume millions of bottles of wine every year. The airline is also one of the largest wine purchasers in Australia, with over 250 different wines sourced from 150 different Australian producers. Travellers can purchase wines enjoyed during their flight through Qantas Wine, including the mini bottles in Economy.
The Cellars in the Sky Awards has been running since 1985, recognising the best red, white, sparkling and fortified and dessert inflight Business and First Class wine lists of 30 global airlines.
Full List of Qantas Awards
| Best Overall Cellar | Gold |
| Best First Class Cellar | Gold |
| Best Business Class Cellar | Gold |
| Best First Class Sparkling | Gold: Qantas – Champagne Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs, 2008, France |
| Best First Class Wine | Gold: Qantas – Tolpuddle Chardonnay, 2021, Tasmania, Australia Silver: Qantas – Penfolds Reserve Bin 18A, 2018, Australia |
| Best First Class Red | Gold: Qantas – Penfolds RWT Bin 798 Barossa Valley Shiraz, 2018, Australia |
| Best First Class Fortified | Gold: Qantas – Morris of Rutherglen Old Premium Rare Topaque, NV, Australia |
| Best Business Class Sparkling | Silver: Qantas – Champagne Duval Leroy Femme de Champagne, 2002, France |
| Best Business Class White | Gold: Qantas – Flametree S.R.S Chardonnay, 2022, Margaret River, Australia |
| Best Business Class Red | Gold: Qantas – Clonakilla Hilltops Shiraz, 2022, Australia Gold: Qantas – Dalwhinnie Mesa Shiraz, 2020, Australia |
| Best Business Class Fortified | Bronze: Qantas – Baileys of Glenrowan Founders Series Classic Muscat, Australia |
