easyJet, the UK's largest airline, has been voted the top airline for white wine by a panel of international travellers and wine experts in a blind taste test.

The wine tasting, commissioned by flight comparison site Skyscanner, involved a panel of ten judges, lead by wine expert Tom Cannavan, who were asked to blind taste 12 red and 12 white wines served on board the major carriers, and score each a mark out of 10.

easyJet's Louis Mondeville Côtes de Gasgogne (from France) took first place in the white wine category. easyJet beat the likes of AirFrance, British Airways, Emirates and Virgin Atlantic to the top spot for airline white wine.

James Cave, Skyscanner's wine expert and editor of the wine blog regularwino.com, commented: "Before the tasting, I had high expectations of airlines such as Emirates as I know they invest heavily in their on board food and drink – but I was pleasantly surprised by how well the low-fares airlines fared.

"While these results certain indicate which appear to be the majorities' preferred wines, it is worth noting that the drinking conditions are different at 30,000 feet - your taste buds are dulled, the wine may not be room temperature and the reduced amount of fresh oxygen in the pressurised cabin means your wine won't breathe in quite the same way as it would on the ground. Airlines have to take all of this into account when deciding which wines to offer customers on board."

Catherine Lynn, easyJet's Customer and Revenue Director said: "As a wine lover myself, I was delighted to hear that the white wine that we sell onboard has been selected as the best airline wine. We take pride in providing a great experience onboard and are pleased that our passengers can sit back and relax with the best wine in the sky!"

The tasting panel was made up of 10 judges across seven nationalities and included wine experts Juel Mahonney of

Wine Women & Song and Peter Adshead, Sommelier at the five-star Rocco Forte Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh.

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Notes to editors:

About easyJet: easyJet operates Europe's No. 1 air transport network with a leading presence on Europe's top 100 routes and at Europe's 50 largest airports. easyJet flies on more than 560 routes between 129 airports in 29 countries. More than 300 million Europeans live within one hour's drive of an easyJet airport, more than any other airline. The airline takes sustainability seriously. easyJet invests in the latest technology, operates efficiently and fills most of its seats which means that an easyJet passenger's carbon footprint is 22% less than a passenger on a traditional airline, flying the same aircraft on the same route.