I MET A GUY WHO’S GOING TO
CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT
ALL THAT.
WATCH THIS.
>> Reporter: DEEP IN THE SANTA
MONICA MOUNTAINS, A PRIVATE FOUR
COARSE DINNER PREPARED BY AN
INTERNATIONAL CHEF BUT NOT A DRY
RIESLING OR SILKY PINOT PREPARED
ON THE TASTING MENU THIS NIGHT.
IT’S WATER.
THAT’S RIGHT.
REGULAR, OLD WATER.
MEET MARTIN.
AMERICA’S FIRST WATER
CONNOISSEUR, AND, YES, HIS REAL
JOB.
OUT TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT WATER
HAS A TASTE AND DOING IT ONE SIP
AT A TIME.
>> WHEN I WAS, LIKE, 4, 5 YEARS
OLD, I REALIZED THAT WATER HAS
TASTE TO ME, BECAUSE ON VACATION
WITH MY PARENTS I REALIZED THE
TAP WATER IN EVERY SINGLE SIP IN
EUROPE TASTED DIFFERENTLY.
>> Reporter: TODAY A FULLY
CERTIFIED SOMMELIER WRITTEN
BOOKS FOR RESTAURANTS AROUND THE
WORLD.
WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW
TO MIGHT LOOK AT THIS AND SAY,
WATER IS WATER.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
>> THE MOST PRETENTIOUS ON
PLANET EARTH.
BIGGER PICTURE, BRING ATTENTION
TO WATER.
TO REALLY SHOWCASE, HEY, THERE’S
SO MUCH VALUE TO WATER.
WE SHOULD NOT WASTE IT.
BE VERY PRECIOUS ABOUT IT.
>> Reporter: MARTIN’S WATER
ADVOCACY LED TO APPEARANCES
INCLUDING ON "BILL NYE THE
SCIENCE GUY" AND WITH ZAC EFRON.
>> DRINK IT ON A DAILY BASIS,
BUT NOBODY SORT OF TALKS ABOUT
IT.
IT’S KIND OF CRAZY.
>> Reporter: WE DECIDED TO GIVE
WATER TASTING A TRY.
WHAT IF I HAVE TO GO PEE?
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO
KNOW.
RESTROOMS OVER THERE AND OVER
THERE.
>> OKAY. HERE WE GO.
♪
>> OOH, A LITTLE MORE OF A
FULLER BODY.
>> YES.
I LOVE THIS, THAT YOU ARE SAYING
THIS.
I’M ALMOST SAYING --
>> TASTES THICKER.
>> YES.
>> WHAT CREATES THE FULLER
FEELING?
>> MOTHER NATURE DOES.
YOU CAN TACHT THESTE THE MINERAL
THE WATER.
>> WHERE THE GROUND IS
DIFFERENT, IT’S GOING TO TASTE
DIFFERENT?
>> YES.
FROM NAPLES.
CHEERS.
BUBBLES.
NATURALLY CARBONATED WATER. >> HERE WE GO.
♪
>> A LIGHT BUBBLE TO IT.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> CALLING IT MICROBUBBLE.
>> SO THE BUBBLES OCCUR
NATURALLY AS WELL?
>> YES.
>> I DIDN’T ASK ABOUT SMELL YET.
WAIT A MINUTE.
DO THEY SMELL DIFFERENTLY OR NO?
>> MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER SAID
WHEN WATER HAS A SMELL, DON’T DRINK IT.
THE LAST ONE TODAY FROM SPAIN.
>> VISHI.
WHAT IS THAT FLAVOR?
>> CRAZY, HUH?
>> WAIT A MINUTE.
WAIT A MINUTE.
IT’S SOMETHING -- DELIGHTFUL.
>> I LOVE IT.
>> WHAT IS IT?
>> IT’S A LOT OF SODIUM IN THIS
WATER.
>> SALTY WATER.
>> SLIGHTLY SALTY.
>> I KNEW IT!
INSTEAD OF DRINKING A FLAVORED
SPARKLING WATER EVERYBODY’S
DRINKS THESE DAYS, THAT ALMOST
TAKES THE PLACE OF THAT.
>> THAT’S WHAT I THINK IS
AMAZING THAT MOTHER NATURE
ALREADY CREATES TASTE.
>> NO NEED TO HAVE ARTIFICIAL.
>> YOU DON’T NEED TO.
>> YOU ARE FLIPPING MY WORLD
UPSIDE-DOWN WHEN IT COMES TO
WATER.
>> EVERYBODY SAYS IT’S A
LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE.
>> MARTIN, THANK YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND IT’S RIGHT OVER THERE.
>> I GOT TO PEE.
>> I REALLY DID HAVE TO GO TO
THE BATHROOM.
ADMIT THAT. A LOT OF WATER TO DRINK.
YOU GUYS, SOMMELIERS, MARTIN IS
CERTIFYING PEOPLE TO DO THIS JOB.
TODAY IS NOAH’S, MY SON’S, FISHS
DAY
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, I’M JUST
GOING TO FILL UP HIS WATER
BOTTLE WITH TAP WATER.
HE SAID WATER CLEARS YOUR
PALATE.
STICK WITH THE WATER.
WATER AND MORE WATER.
>> I HOPED YOU WOULD SAY VODKA.
>> DO WE HAVE -- CLEAR?
>> HMM.
>> JUST -- THIS HAS SUCH A, IS MINERAL-EE TASTE YET COMES
ACROSS WITH WARM CANNON’S.