Sells premium bottled fine water, selected for its mineral content and taste.
Food & drink
Every conversation about the business this month, newest first, with its audio.
The Fine Water Company is a bottled water business whose founder, Nico Peterser, talks on Cape Talk about nitrate levels as a sign of source pollution and about how plastic bottles affect water. The business is discussed as a small brand, but no founding date or location was given.
“Expiry dates on the back of a plastic bottle of water is not necessarily for the water, it's for the bottle.”
The Fine Water Company sells premium bottled water, priced by mineral content and taste. Founder Nico Peterser, a water sommelier, explains on Cape Talk how minerals affect flavour and hydration.
“Water is not just water, you know, and water from all different places around the world has different tastes.”
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