A classic Martini cocktail made with Bombay Sapphire gin and Noilly Prat, and a stuffed olive on a cocktail stick.

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The stylish classic martini should be made with a good quality gin and dry vermouth (or, as in this case, with France's superior Noilly Prat), and stirred (never shaken) with ice before being drained into a glass. Always go easy on the vermouth (Winston Churchill preferred to just look at a vermouth bottle while drinking his gin-only martini, and some bars simply pass the unopened vermouth bottle over the glass before passing the drink to their customers). Whatever you do, don't forget the olive (and if you fancy a 'dirty martini', add a little olive brine to the drink). As for the vodka martini? Forget it.

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Size: 4331px × 4267px
Location: UK
Photo credit: © Rawdon Wyatt / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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