Think of it as wine tasting - without the need to spit out the samples - and you have the essence of a water tasting competition.
A panel of National Water Taste Test Competition judges has been sitting in the Dunedin Town Hall this week, looking at copious glasses of water to check for clarity, swirling them to release the aromatic notes, sniffing them to isolate the scents and then sipping them to taste for metals, acidity, bitterness and sweetness.
Otago Daily Times wine columnist and National Water Taste Test Competition judge Mark Henderson uses his experienced palate
to check for aromatic notes in a glass of water. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN
Rather than coming to the city in bottles from barrels that have been perfecting for decades, the non-vintage water came in bottles straight from taps in municipal water supplies across the country.
