Over recent years, supermarkets have been packed to the rafters with mineral water – still, sparkling, semi-sparkling, and of varying mineral content and quality. As people increasingly question the quality of their tap water, the number of consumers who choose to purchase their drinking water in a bottle has never been higher. Before assuming that water in a bottle must be better, however, they would be well advised to check the label; not all mineral waters are an improvement on tap water. Montcalm water, sourced in the Ariège region of the Pyrenees, and bottled by the Société d’Exploitation des Eaux du Montcalm, is special.