Comments on: Carbon neutral: keep wine, ditch water

By: Dr. Vino

Dr. Vino — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:19:54 +0000

Hi Kady -

Thanks so much for the compliment! See you round the net.

WineCanine -

No, that’s not what I’m suggesting. If someone were forced to buy a bottled drink, water would clearly be the nutritious choice. It’s just that with a fairly minimal effort, the choice to buy anything at all can be obviated by bringing a water bottle along, filled up from a tap.

Some restaurants are carbonating their own water, FYI, though you’d probably have to drink a lot of bubbly water to make that worthwhile at home…

By: WineCanine

WineCanine — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:37:46 +0000

So, am I to understand that drinking soft drinks and energy drinks is perfectly reasonable, but drinking water — which quenches thirst better than soft drinks and is better for you — is not? That’s ridiculous! The sweetener industry must be absolutely delighted about the current ongoing vilification of water.

I do agree that carrying around a canteen of tap water makes economic and environmental sense. But until someone figures out a good way to add carbonation at home, I’ll be buying and recycling my bottles of Pellegrino.

By: Kady

Kady — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 01:18:17 +0000

Oh dear, I just bought 4 bottles of Gerolsteiner yesterday! I had noticed the sodium content but chose to ignore it (even though I should be limiting my sodium intake). I came across your article while doing some research on carbon-neutral viticulture/winemaking for my viticulture/enology classes. Btw, I wish you had been at NYU when I was there. Your classes sound great! You now have another regular reader.

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By: LeeAnn

LeeAnn — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:20:12 +0000

Check out http://www.glacia.co.uk
I think this will brighten everyone’s day. Another option to those horrible PET bottles.
Great water and environmentally friendly

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Dr Vino’s wine blog » Blog Archive » Update: bottled water ban — Thu, 17 May 2007 13:01:19 +0000

[...] I was watching planes take off and land last Friday at LaGuardia, I contemplated the folly of my bottled water ban. Jets roared overhead burning carbon and spewing emissions and I am doing what–not drinking a [...]

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 11 May 2007 17:37:48 +0000

Dr. Vino:

You are on to something. Even high-brow restaurants are eliminating bottled water from their repertoire. Chez Panisse now offers only tap water. And water filtration systems are being put in at eateries across the nation. I’ve been carrying around my Nalgene bottle for years now–always ahead of the trends! It has always been so funny to see Americans with their bottled water–we have great drinking water–let’s put our money to better use–quit buying bottled water and instead help UNICEF get clean water to people around the globe.

By: Dr. Vino

Dr. Vino — Fri, 11 May 2007 13:36:42 +0000

Ha - actually I remember having a bubbly bottled water in Spain that may have even rivaled Badoit - I think it was called Vichy (pronounced bee-chee, Steve, I know you’ll love that one since you are the Senior Bottled Water Name Correspondent). Absolutely salt-tastic.

Funny how the bubbly waters have such higher sodium!

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 11 May 2007 12:03:52 +0000

The king of salty mineral water is Badoit (yes another problematic name for English speakers), weighing in at 150 g/ml as opposed to San Pellegrino’s wimpy 44.2 g/ml.

A friend of mine who is insane enough to like it ordered it in a Paris bistro and the waiter only served it after a short lecture and long period of protest. Pure water was no doubt required after this bottle of mineral water’s answer to Doritos.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 10 May 2007 15:15:54 +0000

thought this would be of interest in your quest, Dr. V

http://www.refillnotlandfill.org/

By: Dr. Vino

Dr. Vino — Thu, 10 May 2007 14:41:54 +0000

haha Steve. And remember Evian backwards is…Naive!

Actually I did find that pdf list of bottled waters quite interesting. Who know Gerolsteiner was so high in sodium–only topped by San Pellegrino! The water that makes you want more water…

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 10 May 2007 14:13:42 +0000

Yes what is in those bottles? The names don’t exactly inspire confidence:
Deer Park - If not droppings at least ticks
Poland Spring - the scoreboard near Krakow displaying insane levels of local toxins
Fuji - Sand and salt water
Volvic - can’t say
etc.
And remember in 1990 when benzene was found in Perrier and the spring was subsquently “fixed”?

By: M

Thu, 10 May 2007 01:08:42 +0000

What about all the plastic waste? And what exactly is in bottled water??

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1813.pdf

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2007/05/04/BUGUSPKP6D1.DTL&type=business

By: puncturelumbar

puncturelumbar — Wed, 09 May 2007 02:13:53 +0000

What an incredible WASTE bottled water is. Municipal water is safe, drinkable, and affordable, no matter where you are in America. If you don’t like the taste of your water, you can buy a filter. But to support the transportation of water - at an amazing 8 pounds per gallon - so you can drink the same molecule that’s coming out of your tap is unconsciable for knowing people. The energy costs involved in shipping water are vast - and there is no good reason to.