James Bond is wrong: a Martini Consists of Gin (not Vodka) and Vermouth

The Martini Manifesto: Part One.

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Here is my proposal for the closing sequence of the last ever 007 film.

James Bond sidles up to the bar and next to the beautiful mistress of the murderous leader of an international criminal syndicate. He murmurs nonchalantly, Vodka martini, shaken, not stirred…