Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The martini has a long — often disputed — history and can most likely be traced back to California in the mid-1800s where a drink ...

Dry January is upon us. But when it comes to booze, “dry” can mean a great many different things. For instance, in an extra-dry martini, does “dry” mean the vermouth? Or the gin? Or even the amount of ...

The Dirty Martini is a true classic. The elixir of dry gin, dry vermouth (the two key ingredients of a “dry” martini), and olive brine work wonders together in a glass. The collision of dry botanicals ...

Many adjectives have been attached to martinis over the years. Bartenders have plied drinkers with dirty martinis and filthy martinis, smoky martinis and flaming martinis, red-pepper martinis and blue ...

It’s been ten years since the great Noilly Prat fiasco, the cocktail world’s very own New Coke scandal. In 2009, Noilly Prat fiddled with the formula of what was then the favorite dry vermouth of ...

The martini seems to be in the zeitgeist, once again. It’s not just the return of the espresso martini, but an enthusiasm for what we consider a “proper” martini. While trying to eschew dogma — and be ...