THE TEMPLES OF THE COCKTAIL MARTINI

Villa La Massa, Firenze

'Villa La Massa' is a supremely luxurious hotel hidden in the countryside just out of Firenze, near Bagno a Ripoli. It is also the 'sister' in Toscana of The Grand Hotel Villa d'Este in Cernobbio, one of the best hotels in the world and surely the best scenario for supreme classic cars. One must expect the best in a place like this and, visiting it for the 2016 'Villa d'Este Style' event, we weren't disappointed.....

After a long day working at the wheel of archaic machinery, a good Martini cocktail is welcome, but it must be good. Dr. Marco Makaus (the organizer of the VdE-Style events) and I share some precise ideas about what a Martini cocktail has to be and how it has to served: the Villa la Massa bartender was up to the task. He mixed a very good, dry cocktail based on the classic Bombay gin, and offered on the side several excellent appetizers. The Martini was extremely good and the service at the bar, like in every other section of this hotel, was impeccable