Oceania Cruises has launched a rare wine collection featuring wines from the most well-known wine regions of the world with exclusive Sommelier-led programmes on its newest vessel, Vista.
Oceania Cruises has debuted a new rare wine collection across its fleet complementing its top-quality gastronomic experiences. The line’s newly upgraded, luxury wines and vintage lists will be featured for the first time across the entire fleet’s vetted menus. Starting with 80 new labels sourced from Italy, France, South America and more, this global collection impresses the world’s most opulent wine connoisseurs and spirit reviewers, while also making introductions more approachable for those who are not already well-versed.
With various selections of new and old-world options, celebration wines, classic tastings and dessert pairings, each offering has been hand selected by Oceania Cruises‘ culinary team, with every bottle taking 6-8 months to receive from elite suppliers in the industry.
Highlights from the new collection include rare wine varieties like the classic Moët & Chandon Cuvée Dom Pérignon champagne; the famous Château Mouton Rothschild, 1er Cru Classe, from Pauillac, France; the elegant Ornellaia “Super Tuscan”, Bolgheri Superiore; the hard to source Mascot, from the Napa Valley; and the newly popular Vina Errazuriz Kai Carmenère, from the Aconcagua Valley in Chile. Guests are invited to try these newly featured labels and more at all restaurants, bars and suites across all seven ships, as well as various size bottles ranging from half sized to magnum.
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Complementing the new rare wine collection and leaning into the popularity of its thoughtfully crafted exclusive wine pairing dinners on its 1,238 guest ships Marina and Riviera, and newest 1200 guest ship Vista.
Oceania Cruises has additionally launched three new dining experiences and five new pairing menus on its newest vessel, Vista. Taking inspiration from the new collection, guests now have the opportunity to join the head sommelier and his team during a two-hour exclusive Cellar’s Wine Luncheon in the fleet’s newest restaurant, Ember. This hand-selected tasting takes guests on a bespoke dining journey into the culinary world of food and wine, featuring a five-course menu with each dish perfectly and intentionally paired with a different premium wine.
New for the line, Vista has additionally added eight-person private dining rooms in its iconic Polo Grill and Toscana restaurants, each delivering two new tantalising menus featuring a specially curated selection of gourmet dishes paired with premium wines from the onboard culinary team. With only eight guests per night, parties may select from the Polo Classic Menu, Polo Premium Menu, Toscana Classic Menu or Toscana Premium Menu
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