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22 Artesian, Sant Aniol and Vichy Catalan bottles with a Spanish water tasting and tapas.

Issue #426 Can You Taste Spain Through a Bottle...

Spain cannot be reduced to one flavor. It is Atlantic rain and Mediterranean sun, volcanic terrain and limestone, mountain villages and late-night city tables. Its food changes from region to...

Issue #426 Can You Taste Spain Through a Bottle...

Spain cannot be reduced to one flavor. It is Atlantic rain and Mediterranean sun, volcanic terrain and limestone, mountain villages and late-night city tables. Its food changes from region to...

Saint-Géron sparkling mineral water with oysters on a French-inspired terrace.

Issue #425 Why Is Saint-Géron Called the Queen ...

Some waters whisper. Saint-Géron arrives wearing a crown.

Issue #425 Why Is Saint-Géron Called the Queen ...

Some waters whisper. Saint-Géron arrives wearing a crown.

Issue #424 What Does “Natural Mineral Water” Actually Mean?

Issue #424 What Does “Natural Mineral Water” Ac...

Walk down a beverage aisle and the labels begin performing a small vocabulary parade: spring, mineral, artesian, purified, sparkling, glacier, alkaline. Every bottle contains water, but those words do not...

Issue #424 What Does “Natural Mineral Water” Ac...

Walk down a beverage aisle and the labels begin performing a small vocabulary parade: spring, mineral, artesian, purified, sparkling, glacier, alkaline. Every bottle contains water, but those words do not...

Antipodes Still and 22 Artesian water bottles on a morning desk.

Issue #423 Can Better Water Make the Return to ...

September has a particular kind of energy. Vacation bags disappear, alarm clocks become serious again, school calendars multiply, and the phrase “I’ll get organized this weekend” begins its annual tour.

Issue #423 Can Better Water Make the Return to ...

September has a particular kind of energy. Vacation bags disappear, alarm clocks become serious again, school calendars multiply, and the phrase “I’ll get organized this weekend” begins its annual tour.

Mountain Valley, Clear Alaskan Glacial and Virginia Artesian bottles in an ice bucket at a cookout.

Issue #422 What Waters Belong at Your Labor Day...

Labor Day weekend has a recognizable soundtrack: the hiss of a grill, the snap of a cooler opening, somebody asking whether the corn is done, and at least one relative...

Issue #422 What Waters Belong at Your Labor Day...

Labor Day weekend has a recognizable soundtrack: the hiss of a grill, the snap of a cooler opening, somebody asking whether the corn is done, and at least one relative...

Issue #421 Does Bottled Water Really Have a Terroir?

Issue #421 Does Bottled Water Really Have a Ter...

When people hear the word terroir, they usually picture vineyards rolling across France, coffee farms tucked into Colombian mountains, or cacao growing beneath tropical shade. Water rarely gets invited into...

Issue #421 Does Bottled Water Really Have a Ter...

When people hear the word terroir, they usually picture vineyards rolling across France, coffee farms tucked into Colombian mountains, or cacao growing beneath tropical shade. Water rarely gets invited into...