Low-Fare Sommelier Joshua Wesson Selects New Seasonal In-flight Pours
Key Largo Lime Cookies From Immaculate Baking Company Now Boarding
for a Refreshing Summer Snack
NEW YORK, July 1, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- JetBlue Airways Corporation (Nasdaq:JBLU) has Gone Fishin'. The value airline's Low-Fare Sommelier, Joshua Wesson of Best Cellars at A&P, selected King Fish Shiraz and Blue Fish Riesling as the summer's best in-flight catches. In addition, JetBlue's usual cookie choice, Immaculate Baking Company's Chocobillys(tm) Chocolate Chunk, will be refreshed with Key Largo Lime until the end of the season.
"At JetBlue, we're always looking for services and products that complement our award-winning customer experience," said Brett Muney, Manager of Product Development for JetBlue Airways. "What's live entertainment without your own seatback TV, or comfy leather seats without lots of legroom? Some things are just meant for each other. Joshua is one of the best in his field, pairing affordable, high-quality wine selections with JetBlue's free and unlimited selection of name-brand snacks."
"I'm all hotted up over our newest pair of wines because they're both a hoot to drink and delicious with just about any food you might find at the airport, from tuna maki to chicken mole," said Joshua Wesson of Best Cellars at A&P. "Best of all, they taste every bit as good six miles up as they do on the ground!"
Joshua Wesson's tasting notes are provided with each wine selection on board. Below are the tasting notes for the program's latest round of hand-picked pours:
King Fish Shiraz Blue Fish Riesling
Fairly bursting with the Lighthearted and shamelessly
flavors of dark berries and easy to drink, but rich with the
cherries, King Fish's mouth- lingering taste of tangerines,
watering Shiraz takes the apricots and peaches. Blue Fish's
irresistible allure of ripe lip-smacking Riesling captures
summer berries and unites it all that's good about summer in
with the scents and savor of every tasty sip.
mocha, cinnamon and clove.
What: Shiraz What: Riesling
Where: Central and Where: Rheinpfalz,
North Coast, Germany
California
Sugar level: Dry Sugar level: Off-dry (a kiss
of sweetness)
Taste Smooth (medium- Taste Soft (medium-
category: bodied red wine) category: bodied white wine)
JetBlue Snack All Nuts Jumbo JetBlue Snack Key Largo
Pairing: Cashew Halves Pairing: Lime Cookies
JetBlue's wine program with Best Cellars began in December of 2005 with Twin Fin's Monterey Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, followed by Just's Languedoc Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc, 3 blind moose California Chardonnay and Merlot and Santa Julia Viognier and Merlot. Selections vary throughout the year, but a red and white option is always available for purchase (a).
All in-flight snacks and beverages on JetBlue are 100% trans-fat free. The airline led the way in December of 2006, actively seeking out healthy snack alternatives to become one of the first to provide only trans-fat free selections.
New York-based JetBlue Airways has created a new airline category based on value, service and style. Known for its award-winning service and free TV as much as its low fares, JetBlue is now pleased to offer customers Lots of Legroom and super-spacious Even More Legroom seats. JetBlue introduced complimentary in-flight e-mail and instant messaging services on aircraft "BetaBlue," a first among U.S. domestic airlines. JetBlue is also America's first and only airline to offer its own Customer Bill of Rights, with meaningful and specific compensation for customers inconvenienced by service disruptions within JetBlue's control. Visit www.jetblue.com/promise for details. JetBlue serves 53 cities with 600 daily flights. With JetBlue, all seats are assigned, all travel is ticketless, all fares are one-way, and an overnight stay is never required. For information or reservations call 1-800-JETBLUE (1-800-538-2583) or visit www.jetblue.com.
(a) Beer, wine and cocktails are available for purchase ($5) on JetBlue flights over one hour. Must be 21 or over for purchase with proof of positive I.D.
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