THE TEMPLES OF THE COCKTAIL MARTINI

Poolside Martini...

 The Botanist is, as my friends know, one of my favourite gins; to savour a Martini made with this excellent gin on the side of a small, perfectly proportioned pool in the sweltering heat of an Italian summer is something to relish. There are some things that go particularly well together when it's summer, an ice-cold Martini and a pool are two of them