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Water, Water & More Bottled Waters We were invited to a friend's house for dinner on our last night in Paris, and my husband Sam wanted to take a bottle of wine or two. So we headed back to the Galeries Lafayette and its gourmet food and wine sections. While he wandered around the wine boutique, I wandered around the Galeries version of a grocery store looking at bottled waters for sale. I found an amazing variety of bottled water for sale. I shouldn't have been surprised. "France is the top international producer of bottled water, and the French are its biggest consumers, downing 85 liters per person each year," according to France Today. "An estimated 40 percent of the French population buys branded water. There are 47 brands in France, all doing well in a proliferation of specialized niches." So, it's not surprising the Galeries offered a wide range of options. On the shelf the day I visited were: Evian, Vittle, Volvic, Hepar, Perrier, Badoit, Arvie, St. Yorre, La Salvetat, Quezac, Contre, Valvert, Mont Roucous, Jouvence de Wattwiller, St. Georges, Harrogate Spa, Bru, Cristaline, Hildon, Tau, Nash's Mineral Water, Ramlosa, Highland Spring, Gerolsteiner, Ferrareel, Decantae, Lynx, Ty Nant, Appollinaris (both classic and private), Selters, Montes, and the Microfluid series - Microfluid, Microfluid Sun Water, Minicifluid, and Nicofluid. That's a selection to write home about. Shopping Galeries Lafayette 40 Blvd Haussmann (between Rues de la Chaussee-d'Antin and de Mogador) 75009 Paris, France Metro: Chaussee-d'Antin-La Fayette, Opera, Trinite, Havre-Caumartin References "The new chic item isn't destined to be a short-lived fad-it's one of the four elements," by Emilie Ledoyen in France Today
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