S.Pellegrino – Sparkling Natural Mineral Water

This is the mineral water I most commonly see, and have for years, and I’ve always liked it. The one I’m drinking right now is in a 750ml green glass bottle—it’s got a nice label that resembles printed currency, with a distinctive red star on the label and cap. On the label it says: “Bottled at the source, San Pellegrino Terme (Bergamo) Italy.” I could look that up on a map, but I haven’t traveled in Italy—it would just make me long to get out of town. It’s an extremely pleasant, gentle, slightly mineral tasting, sparking water. I’d drink it all day every day if it was in front of me. I saw some website’s ranking of mineral waters awhile back (I read those things occasionally, for fun, not seriously) and this ranked dead last, and they said it had gone downhill—but I don’t buy it. It tastes good to me, and I have no reason to believe that. One thing that does bother me is they also sell this in plastic bottles, as well as glass—I don’t know if the plastic affects the flavor—but I’m guessing it does. Plus, plastic is bad. No two ways about it. If I have the option to buy the glass bottle, of course I’d buy the glass. I suppose if you’re running around town on a hot day and want to carry a big bottle of sparking water in your backpack, plastic would be lighter, but I’m not going to fall for it—the water is what’s heavy. There’s no point in the plastic bottle—I won’t review anything that only comes in plastic.

6.27.23