Wine is one of many complex beverages where people can turn their passion and expertise into a profession. A sommelière or sommelier is one such occupation representing someone with an extensive knowledge and experience in wine, with the ability to identify its many flavour characteristics and ideal pairings. Baristas may not use terms like sommelière to describe their broad understanding of coffee – yet – but they do play a similar role.
The understanding of water composition is another complex world, and I am proud to be a certified sommelière of this much used and transparent liquid.
A water sommelier is an expert in water – someone who
