Where can you find old-fashioned Vichy water now?

A Table Hopping reader writes:

A few days ago someone, for some strange reason, brought up the subject of Vichy water. Naturally, the old-timers related their stories of Quevic Vichy and Saratoga Vichy, with rye and Vichy being the concoction most favored by their parents.

As a kid we always had a bottle or two in the house (along with Quink for Tom Collins). I vividly remember the astringent, salty flavor and soon developed a taste for it. My parents and their friends scoffed at club soda and seltzer, saying they weren't the real thing. Putting their tastes into perspective, they also favored Old Fashions, rye and ginger, and Hedrick's beer.

Quevic is long gone and Saratoga stopped bottling Vichy nearly 20 years ago. Do you know of a source for Vichy water, preferably the local variety? It seems to have gone the way of the yo-yo, cap guns, street skates, Pez, and Fleer's Double Bubble Gum.

No rush. It's something from my past I would like my kids and grandkids to at least sample. Heck, after all these years it might taste like crap to me, but it's worth the risk.

Vichy water, which takes its name from a French resort and spa city famed for its mineral springs, was bottled in Saratoga Springs from 1872 until its producer, now known as Saratoga Spring Water Co., killed off the line in late 2000 as a result of dwindling sales and the surging popularity of neutrally flavored seltzer.

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