Canadian Gold Beverages wins Best Bottled Water 2013.
Canadian Gold Beverages, located in Marchand, Manitoba, won first place for the best bottled still water in the world, a perennial winner in sparkling but first time in bottled.
The Berkeley Springs Inn-Best Western Conference Center in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia was crowded on Saturday night as eleven media judges spent hours tasting and selecting from among 82 waters sourced in twenty-one states and ten foreign countries. There were 32 municipal waters from a dozen states, Canada, South Korea and Thailand.
Two sparkling waters tied for first place, one Canadian and one Bosnian. Touch Sparkling Mineral Water is from Marchand, MB and Celvik Dobri Kiseljak from Bosnia. “There were an amazing number of ties in the preliminaries,” remarked perennial watermaster, Arthur von Wiesenberger. “That speaks to the impressively high caliber of the waters entered. This is the best year ever.”
Canadian Gold Beverages Owner Peter de Jong was ecstatic “It is like winning the Olympics for bottled water! No company, in 40 years, has ever won in both categories for bottled Artesian Still Water and Sparkling Mineral (carbonated) water. We are extremely pleased about this; we’ve got the best tasting water in the world, right here in Southeastern Manitoba!”
The eleven media judges included representatives from various regional and national media including television and online magazines. They were instructed by von Wiesenberger to look, sniff and taste each water under guidelines similar to those in a wine tasting. The waters were rated for each attribute including appearance (it should be clear – or slightly opaque for glacial waters), aroma (there should be none), taste (it should taste clean), mouth feel (it should feel light), aftertaste (it should leave you thirsty for more). Waters were tasted in four separate flights over two days. It is the longest running and largest water tasting competition in the world.
