• Home
  • Latest
  • Fortune 500
  • Finance
  • Tech
  • Leadership
  • Lifestyle
  • Rankings
  • Multimedia

Trendingnow

1

Why did a $154 billion CEO just endorse stripping most Americans of voting rights—and taking us back to the 19th century?

2

A Nobel economist challenged Elon Musk to donate his entire $1T fortune by 2036. Musk's reply: 'I am actually going to do something along these lines'

3

New York City women are making up to $30,000 per month by renting out their closets to strangers

1

Why did a $154 billion CEO just endorse stripping most Americans of voting rights—and taking us back to the 19th century?

2

A Nobel economist challenged Elon Musk to donate his entire $1T fortune by 2036. Musk's reply: 'I am actually going to do something along these lines'

3

New York City women are making up to $30,000 per month by renting out their closets to strangers
Delta Air Lines

Delta’s refreshed beverage menu spotlights Black-owned and women-owned businesses

By
Rachel King
Rachel King
Down Arrow Button Icon
By
Rachel King
Rachel King
Down Arrow Button Icon
September 29, 2021, 9:00 AM ET
Add Fortune on Google for similar content.

Delta Air Lines is upgrading its inflight beverage service, but with a twist that means much more exposure and business for a diverse cross-section of makers of craft beverages across the country.

“We’ve really taken an intentional approach in reintroducing our onboard food and beverage offerings for our customers, and we are bringing service back better than before. As part of this, we’ve developed new specially curated food menus, new beverages, and a refreshed snack lineup,” says Mike Henny, managing director of onboard services operations at Delta Air Lines.

Among the new brands included in the refreshed drink service is Du Nord Social Spirits, the first Black-owned distillery in the United States. Delta will start serving Du Nord’s Foundation Vodka, which pays homage to the distiller’s home base in Minnesota.

“Du Nord’s vodka stood out to us. It’s really smooth and easy to drink, and we knew it was perfect for our onboard offering,” Henny tells Fortune. “We also learned of the great community work Du Nord does, and we knew the partnership would be a great fit. Airline packaging was a new space for Du Nord when we first contacted them. We’ve worked with them for over a year and a half now to get their product onboard.”

‘It was amazing to be with the Du Nord team as their 50-milliliter bottle was put in production for the first time,’ Henny says. ‘It was emotional, they were so proud, and our teams were just ecstatic that they helped bring the partnership to life. Moments like that really make the work meaningful and inspire us to find more suppliers that not only provide us with the best products, but also help us serve products that are made by people who reflect the world we live in.’
Courtesy of Du Nord

Representatives for the airline say the carrier is focused on featuring offerings from diverse suppliers. “We’ve made supplier diversity a priority for many years,” Henny says. “Our robust program includes on-board products like beverages, but it also expands to businesses that supplies things like aircraft and engine parts, technology hardware and software, insurance, and even marketing agency support.”

The airline’s new sparkling wine will come from Une Femme, a 100% women-made sparkling wine producer in California. “We learned of them from working with our hot food partner, Souvla, in San Francisco. Souvla’s CEO Charles Bililies introduced us to Jen Pelka, his wife, who leads Une Femme,” Henny says about partnering with Une Femme. “We love Une Femme’s brand and mission as well, so it was just a natural fit for us.”

For every bottle the company sells, Une Femme donates to a charitable organization with the purpose of improving the lives of women. “The Callie” is the winery’s sparkling rosé made with Napa and Sonoma-grown Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Mourvedre grapes. Additionally, during the month of October, Delta will donate 20% of all onboard purchases, including beverages, to support the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Henny underscores that Delta has also been serving wine from Brown Estate, the first and only black-owned estate winery in California’s Napa Valley, since 2019; the carrier serves the winery’s Chaos Theory red blend of blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel as well as the Betelgeuse Sauvignon Blanc onboard.

‘Our teams—including supply chain, onboard service, catering, and our flight attendants—have been hard at work to ramp up our operation to serve customers their favorite onboard treats,’ Henny says.
Courtesy of Une Femme

Delta’s beverage team also partners with companies to create exclusive items. “These products are really neat and give customers a unique experience while flying,” Henny says.

For example, a few months ago, the carrier launched a new beer from Atlanta-based SweetWater that is formulated specially to be enjoyed at 35,000 feet and is only available on Delta flights—it even has a Delta plane on the can. Also coming up, the airline partnered with Breckenridge Brewery to bring on a seasonal beer; the Colorado brewery took its signature Vanilla Porter beer and modified the recipe to make it into a Cookie Porter beer for Delta in the lead up to the holiday season. And the airline will have an Orange Fashioned cocktail coming onboard from Vermont’s highly-lauded rye whiskey maker WhistlePig that puts a spin on the classic Old Fashioned with notes of fresh cinnamon and citrus.

“Our alcohol, beer, and wine selection is where the Delta teams really get to play and go out to find new and exciting products for our customers,” Henny says. “We want to create ‘aha!’ moments for customers by introducing them to things they would have never thought of or tasted before.”

The full list of new beers, wines, spirits, and seltzers rolling out to flights this fall can be seen below:

  • Du Nord’s Foundation Vodka will be available for sale on all domestic flights starting October. In 2022, Delta will bring on more Du Nord products and plans to launch the spirits internationally.
  • Breckenridge’s beer will be available for sale on all domestic flights from October through the end of 2021.
  • Une Femme’s sparkling rosé will be available for sale on domestic flights throughout the month of October. Delta says it hopes to bring more Une Femme products onboard in 2022.
  • Tip Top’s Negroni will be available for sale on domestic flights throughout the month of October.
  • Terrapin’s Hopsecutioner will be available for sale on domestic flights throughout the month of October.
  • Vizzy Hard Seltzer is now available on all domestic flights.
  • WhistlePig’s cocktail kit will be available for domestic coast-to-coast and international Delta One customers from October through the end of 2021.

More must-read business news and analysis from Fortune:

  • What a modern energy crisis looks like and why no country is safe
  • Frustrated carmakers upend industry after chip shortage shatters their faith in suppliers
  • Portugal leads the world in COVID-19 vaccinations
  • A WHO-approved Novavax vaccine could upstage mRNA jabs—if it can solve its manufacturing delays
  • Bitcoin has another major pollution problem brewing

Subscribe to Fortune Daily to get essential business stories straight to your inbox each morning.

About the Author
By Rachel King
See full bioRight Arrow Button Icon
Add Fortune on Google for similar content.

Latest in

Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025

Most Popular

Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Fortune Secondary Logo
Rankings
  • 100 Best Companies
  • Fortune 500
  • Global 500
  • Fortune 500 Europe
  • Most Powerful Women
  • World's Most Admired Companies
  • See All Rankings
  • Lists Calendar
Sections
  • Finance
  • Fortune Crypto
  • Features
  • Leadership
  • Health
  • Commentary
  • Success
  • Retail
  • Mpw
  • Tech
  • Lifestyle
  • CEO Initiative
  • Asia
  • Politics
  • Conferences
  • Europe
  • Newsletters
  • Personal Finance
  • Environment
  • Magazine
  • Education
Customer Support
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Customer Service Portal
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms Of Use
  • Single Issues For Purchase
  • International Print
Commercial Services
  • Advertising
  • Fortune Brand Studio
  • Fortune Analytics
  • Fortune Conferences
  • Business Development
  • Group Subscriptions
About Us
  • About Us
  • Press Center
  • Work At Fortune
  • Terms And Conditions
  • Site Map
  • About Us
  • Press Center
  • Work At Fortune
  • Terms And Conditions
  • Site Map
  • Facebook icon
  • Twitter icon
  • LinkedIn icon
  • Instagram icon
  • TikTok icon
  • YouTube icon

Latest in

Top AI companies say they want Chinese models to stay available. Is it genuine?
NewslettersEye on AI
Top AI companies say they want Chinese models to stay available. Is it genuine?
By Emily ForliniJuly 28, 2026
2 hours ago
erling
Arts & EntertainmentJD Sports Fashion
The Erling Haaland boom: Norway’s ‘pop-up economy’ during the World Cup revealed in Visa data
By Catherina GioinoJuly 28, 2026
3 hours ago
helen
Commentarycyber
Helen Toner: the Hugging Face hack was just a matter of time and exposes a huge blind spot in AI policy
By Helen TonerJuly 28, 2026
4 hours ago
Instagram cracks down on growing ‘pervert glasses’ problem with Meta Ray-Bans
CybersecurityMeta
Instagram cracks down on growing ‘pervert glasses’ problem with Meta Ray-Bans
By Tatiana SatauaJuly 28, 2026
5 hours ago
Worker in a full cleanroom suit uses a wafer manufacturing tool.
SuccessCareers
In South Korea, teenagers are skipping college for semiconductor school—they’re landing six-figure Samsung jobs at 17 and bonuses of up to $400,000
By Preston ForeJuly 28, 2026
5 hours ago
Stressed rich Gen Zer looks at laptop
SuccessCost of living
Despite making over $135K, 1 in 5 high-earners feel ‘depressed’ when thinking about their finances—they may have ‘money dysmorphia’
By Emma BurleighJuly 28, 2026
5 hours ago

Most Popular

Why did a $154 billion CEO just endorse stripping most Americans of voting rights—and taking us back to the 19th century?
C-Suite
Why did a $154 billion CEO just endorse stripping most Americans of voting rights—and taking us back to the 19th century?
By Nick LichtenbergJuly 27, 2026
1 day ago
A Nobel economist challenged Elon Musk to donate his entire $1T fortune by 2036. Musk's reply: 'I am actually going to do something along these lines'
Success
A Nobel economist challenged Elon Musk to donate his entire $1T fortune by 2036. Musk's reply: 'I am actually going to do something along these lines'
By Sydney LakeJuly 27, 2026
1 day ago
New York City women are making up to $30,000 per month by renting out their closets to strangers
Retail
New York City women are making up to $30,000 per month by renting out their closets to strangers
By Sarah GlodekJuly 27, 2026
2 days ago
The millennial generation is split in 2: an older crowd with boomer-style comfort, a younger set going 'back to the early 1900s'
Real Estate
The millennial generation is split in 2: an older crowd with boomer-style comfort, a younger set going 'back to the early 1900s'
By Nick LichtenbergJuly 25, 2026
3 days ago
LeBron James took a pay cut to maybe live in New York and commute to Philly by chopper, risking double taxation as NYC also tries to ban helicopters
Real Estate
LeBron James took a pay cut to maybe live in New York and commute to Philly by chopper, risking double taxation as NYC also tries to ban helicopters
By Catherina GioinoJuly 27, 2026
24 hours ago
I've been teaching college students for decades. Most of them can no longer finish a book
Commentary
I've been teaching college students for decades. Most of them can no longer finish a book
By Austin SaratJuly 26, 2026
2 days ago

© 2026 Fortune Media IP Limited. All Rights Reserved. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy | CA Notice at Collection and Privacy Notice | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information
FORTUNE is a trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, registered in the U.S. and other countries. FORTUNE may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice.