#FINEWATERSWater Tasting Competition | Bled, Slovenia 2021
TASTE & DESIGN AWARDS | September 4th, 2021
The FineWaters International Water Tasting Competition TASTE AWARDS 2021 was held on Saturday, September 4th, at the beautiful Villa Bled in Bled, Slovenia, with the support of the Bled Water Festival organization.
It has been a difficult two years for events, and we twice had to postpone previous attempts, and finaly the third time was the charm and we had a successful event.
Like wine water deserves attention and the FineWaters International Water Tasting Competition was conducted with a 5 judge panel of professional and experienced international water sommeliers and experts. Water is not just water. It has terroir, comes from a real place and has character.
Event Video
Awards Summary
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- History of Bottled Water
Over the past two decades, bottled water has become the fastest-growing drinks market in the world. The global market was valued at $157bn in 2013 and is expected to reach $280bn by 2020.
Water is turning into wine. The same culture that surrounds the production and consumption
of wine is emerging around water. Water competitions akin to wine competitions
are now held.
Earth is old. The sun is old. But do you know what may be even older than both? Water.
Washington Post declares that unknown to many shoppers urged to buy foods that are “low sodium” and “low salt,” this longstanding warning has come under assault by scientists who say that typical American salt consumption is without risk.
Ours is the blue planet, and the hallmark of life on Earth is water. But where did this colorless, odorless liquid first come from? Recent discoveries in astrophysics suggest that water is not native to Earth.
This website appeared first in 2004 and the concept of considering water at the same level as wine and food as a natural product was still new and foreign to many.
