taste test two: 

New Zealand wins world’s best sparkling water 2006.

The world’s largest and most respected International Water tasting awards have announced Antipodes from New Zealand as the world’s best Sparkling water.

Known as the ‘Olympics of Water’  The Berkeley Springs Winter Festival of Waters was held over four days in West Virginia USA  where seventy waters from 12 countries and 22 States competed for medals.

The prestigious Gold medal for Sparkling bottled water went to Antipodes Water, New Zealand . The waters are judged for overall quality including appearance, aroma, taste, mouth feel and aftertaste.

Receiving the Gold medal and certification from the Awards Ceremony this week, Simon Woolley from Antipodes was delighted by the outcome.

“Antipodes is a classic story of New Zealand doing its homework and getting it right.” He said, “We started Antipodes because we thought it was crazy bottled water was being shipped in from some of the most industrialised land in Europe to be on our restaurant tables in New Zealand. We wanted a water that would both taste great and look great on the finest table settings.” He believes sales success to date suggests they got the formula right.

“We are a small totally New Zealand owned company. Our water comes from here, our bottles are made here and we’re now starting to reverse the trend of a few years back. Instead of water coming in, we now have significant orders of  Antipodes heading to the tables of world renowned establishments in Australia, Canada, California, Hong Kong and yes, Europe.”