Instead of wine bars, a water bar?!?!
I understand we have cases of Poland Spring, Dasani, Evian, Fiji water and paying up to a few dollars for them, but $55 on just one water bottle.
But it's not Evian or Fiji, it's "Bling H2O." That's freakin ridiculous. Now we got a water bar set up in Chappaqua, NY (yes, the home of your infamous Clinton couple) called Via Genova.
The owners are cashing in the bottled water mania by stocking bottles from far and away vendors. Owner Felicissimo has boasted to have close to 80 different types of waters.
There are luxury water bottles from all over the world containing magnesium, calcium, and even potassium. One particular brand "10 thousand B.C." is a top seller at $30 per bottle. This brand comes from British Columbia, Canada. Supposedly the water source is a three-day journey by yacht.
If you want to a true water connoisseur (if someone comes up to me and said that was his/her profession, I will show the person facts about millions of people with no access to drinking water), you have to keep your water out of sunlight (duh!), serve it at 55 degrees (how about ice cubes made out of Bling H2O so I can throw it at you), and nice is a big no-no (well up yours!).
Felicissimo claims that within 5 years, everyone will be drinking bottled water. But a bottle costing $30 to $55 dollars??? I don't think so.
Honestly, let's boycott this water bar. It's a ridiculous idea. It's not even a fancy drink or fine wine. It's water!!!

Comments
Posted by: Edmund
Posted on: July 15, 2007 03:43 PM
Yes, you wonder what happens to normal boiled water. :(
Posted by: the-wine-taster
Posted on: August 24, 2007 11:29 AM
The sad aspect about such water as Bling is that you are not paying for either quality or taste. It actually tastes like bleach/disinfectant.