[TOP STORY] Not into wine? Try water tasting, the Cape’s latest hit

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‘It's quite an emotional experience to have a glass of water that fell as rain about 200 000 years ago. As a sommelier, I take the taste of that water, and I pair that with a wine, a whiskey, a brandy or with some food,’ says international water sommelier, Nico Pieterse.
11 Dec 2025 7AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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