What I Learned from a Swiss Water Sommelier — World Water Day

March 22, 2017

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I’ve been thinking a lot about water lately after a recent trip to Switzerland, where something like 80 percent of the water stems directly from natural springs and groundwater and lakes. Not only is it safe to drink from the tap, but it’s also actually considered healthier than the bottled water you’d buy in the store.

Perhaps it’s the abundance of really good water that makes the Swiss take their water seriously — so seriously that there are healing-water spas and water sommelier is a real job. In fact, the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, a sprawling health and wellness resort about an hour southeast of Zurich, has not one but two water sommeliers.

I’ll be honest: When I read water sommelier listed as one of the featured amenities, I thought the very same thing you’re probably thinking right now. A water sommelier? Really? Skeptical, but intrigued, I sat down with one of them, Irina Taculina, to find out more about what exactly a water sommelier does and what I should know about water.

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