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No, Really, It Was Tough: 4 People, 80 Martinis
The Times tasting panel sorts out which gins produce classic martinis, which add welcome nuances and which really ought to seek another line of cocktail.
May 2, 2007DiningNewsHold The Tonic
Gin is ready for its close-up. A new generation of distillers is creating versions that are distinctive enough to convert even the most resistant palates.
March 12, 2006StyleNewsI Dreamed I Wore My Martini
I drink martinis, gimlets, too. I thought that I was living the gin lifestyle until I heard that Bombay Sapphire, the blue-bottled premium gin label, was introducing Infusion. Infusion is a gin fragrance.
January 18, 2004StyleNewsThe Martini Principles
The martini doesn't need me. It is the world's most famous cocktail, and likely to remain so. But it's lucky to have people like Dale DeGroff and John Conti.
October 26, 2003StyleNewsTo Complement a Soft Touch, a Bundle of Sharp Foods
There are plenty of gin drinkers who believe that the olive at the bottom of the glass is enough of a companion to the martini. But a good gin can be sustained by a surprisingly wide range of foods.
April 2, 2003Dining and WineNewsA Garden of Delights In a Glass of Gin
A few warm days in March seemed to go to the heads of the Dining section's tasting panel. We decided on trying something somewhat seasonal: gin.
April 2, 2003Dining and WineNewsHelping Gin to Reclaim Its Place at the Bar
The dirty little secret of the martini craze, said James Stuart, 28, a bartender at Judson Grill in Midtown Manhattan, is that most people today think they are going to get vodka when they order it and not gin, the martini's actual birthright.
June 30, 2002StyleNewsMichael Webber; Gin With Everything
Michael Webber, a reticent 64-year-old Englishman, doesn't usually hang out at places like Sugar, a new lounge in TriBeCa. But he made the rounds promoting and explicating a strange new beverage to this city of reflexive vodka drinkers. Gin. Hendrick's Gin.
April 8, 2001StyleNewsGin Fights Back
The last third of the 20th century has been cruel to gin, a spirit with an illustrious history. James Bond with his vodka martini might not have been the first, but he was the most visible in the early move from gin to vodka, which reached its peak in the 1990's.
April 26, 2000Dining and WineNewsARTICLES ABOUT GIN (LIQUOR)
Gin and Passover: No Longer Contradictory
Distillery No. 209 in San Francisco is making a kosher gin with neutral spirits distilled from sugar cane.
April 13, 2011Breuckelen and Brooklyn, Gins With Pride of Place
Brooklyn is playing muse to two rival namesake gins, showing just how potent the borough’s branding potential is.
February 4, 2011Just Don’t Call It Moonshine
Stills are proliferating in the Northeast, not just with farmers adding value to their crops but with professionals making gin and urbanites tapping into the trend.
December 22, 2010A Granita for Grown-Ups — The Minimalist
A cocktail that’s crisp and refreshing, and that can double as dessert.
December 1, 2010To Enhance Flavor, Just Add Water
Diluting coffee and cocktails with water can change their balance for the better.
July 28, 2010The ‘Curious’ Case of Gin
Hendrick’s gin invites consumers to visit the odd sounds and sights of its “Curiositorium.”
June 21, 2010Organic Gin Just Like Farmers Make (but Legal)
Farmer’s Gin, a small-batch production from the people who make Crop Harvest Earth organic vodkas, is made of grains from organic farms.
June 2, 2010Revolutionary Spirits, but Hardly a Tea Party
“Gin and tonic” brings summer to mind. But take a whiff of a well-made dry gin, with its spices, piney juniper and hints of dried orange peel, and you are still deep in the winter holiday season.
December 30, 2009A Chill at the Still to Keep Flavors Fresh
By distilling without applying heat vacuum distillation gin makers are creating livelier spirits, and bartenders are extracting flavor essences with great purity.
December 2, 2009SHAKEN & STIRRED; Cheers Minus the Beers: Let's Drink to Small Talk
Summit Bar, recently opened Avenue C cocktail lounge, shares recipe for their Shu Jam Fizz, which features gin and apricot jam; photo
October 18, 2009Upside-Down Martini Adapted from Libation
Ben Ward, head bartender at Libation on Lower East Side, shares recipe for Upside-Down Martini, which happens to be Julia Child's favorite drink; photo
August 16, 2009SHAKEN & STIRRED; The Collins Boys, In Breezy Simplicity
Family of drinks known as Collins, are classic cocktails made with gin and simple syrup base; recipe for cucumber Collins, served at Fort Defiance Cafe and Bar in Red Hook, Brooklyn, given; photo
August 2, 2009A Couple of Gins With Attitude
Two new gins had me puzzled. They’re intriguing and distinctive, but with too much swagger to be used in martinis. How, then, to use them?
June 24, 2009The Martini, Fragrant With the Scent of Christmas
The aromatic Spruce Gin evokes the wreaths and trees of the holiday season.
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Spirits of The Times: Gin Martinis
The tasting panel discovered that while great martinis require great gins, great gins don't necessarily make great martinis.
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