English sparkling wine company Hambledon Vineyard has extended its partnership with Virgin Atlantic.<\/p>\n
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Hambledon\u2019s signature wine, Classic Cuv\u00e9e, will now be handed to all upper class passengers upon boarding as the airline\u2019s signature pour. The Classic Cuv\u00e9e is already part of Virgin Atlantic\u2019s permanent upper class menu.<\/p>\n
James Osborn, managing director at Hambledon Vineyard, said: \u201cWe are thrilled to continue and extend our partnership with Virgin Atlantic and bring the finest English sparkling wines to travellers around the world. <\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThis collaboration not only showcases the excellence of English winemaking but also provides passengers with an opportunity to discover and indulge in something truly special during their journey.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Osborn joined the company in April 2024, after Hambledon was taken over by new owner CVI, a consortium led by Berry Bros & Rudd and the Symington Family Estates.<\/p>\n Founded in 1952, Hambledon Vineyard wines are made from grape to bottle on-site at the Hampshire vineyard, and aim to use and showcase the \u201cunique terroir\u201d of the South Downs national park. Its Classic Cuv\u00e9e sparkling wine is made from a blend of three grapes and aged for at least 35 months for \u201cfloral and stone fruit aromas\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" English sparkling wine company Hambledon Vineyard has extended its partnership with Virgin Atlantic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":72999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2597,535,1,477,7093,7098,7097],"tags":[322,69,39,14678,14679,14677,323,216,4928],"class_list":["post-72998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-selling-brands-in-duty-free","category-duty-free-retailers","category-latest-news","category-latest-promotions-in-duty-free","category-luxury","category-wine-champagne","category-wines-spirits","tag-airline","tag-duty-free","tag-dutyfree","tag-english-sparkling","tag-hambledon-classic-cuvee","tag-hambledon-vineyard","tag-on-board-shopping","tag-travel-retail","tag-virgin-atlantic"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72998"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73031,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72998\/revisions\/73031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}