(20 Jun 2025)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
London - 24 September 2024
1. Medium shot Simon Ford making Vesper martini
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Simon Ford, Founder of the London distilled Fords Gin:
"A martini is a symbol of sophistication. But it's also a lifestyle. Where you go for a martini…what shall I wear? What is the night going to be? It's quite a strong drink. It's an acquired taste.”
3. Medium shot Simon Ford making Vesper martini
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Simon Ford, Founder of the London distilled Fords Gin:
"It takes a lot of knowledge to know the martini. And so I think it's the sophistication of Bond meets the sophistication of that drink that really sort of bring it together to be the one. And obviously some careful and well-planned product placement in the movies."
5. Various Simon Ford making Vesper martini
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Simon Ford, Founder of the London distilled Fords Gin:
“The name Vesper was originally a drink they would make in Jamaica, so Ian Fleming goes to Jamaica for the very first time with his friend Ivor Bryce and they’re drinking this rum punch that they call a Vesper back then, so the name existed way before, but of course it’s a martini. It’s a martini that finds its way into the first James Bond novel as the first martini he ever drinks.”
7. Medium shot Simon Ford making Vesper martini
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Simon Ford, Founder of the London distilled Fords Gin:
"Ian Fleming was a member of the Boodle's club in Saint James, and it was sort of a boring gentlemen's club in the old-fashioned sense of the word. And he would often be said to escape across the road to the Duke's Hotel, which is very famous for its martinis.”
9. Various Simon Ford making Vesper martini
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Simon Ford, Founder of the London distilled Fords Gin:
“In the book it just says, 'shaken.' So when it finds its way into the movies, you'll, you know, the most famous saying in all movie history really, ‘shaken, not stirred’, which has led to many people that don't know anything about martinis asking for shaken, not stirred."
11. Medium Simon Ford making Vesper martini
12. Tilt up Vesper martini
ASSOCIATED PRESS
London - 9 September 2024
13. Medium shot Ago Perrone and Giorgio Bargiani introducing themselves
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Ago Perrone, Director of Mixology at The Connaught hotel and Giorgio Bargiani, Assistant Director of Mixology at The Connaught hotel:
Perrone: “We went from a sweeter palate to a drier palate in the last few decades. And now there is much more knowledge of ingredients in cocktails. You find the balance you prefer.”
15. Various Ago Perrone and Giorgio Bargiani making traditional martini
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Ago Perrone, Director of Mixology at the Connaught hotel and Giorgio Bargiani, Assistant Director of Mixology at the Connaught hotel:
Bargiani: “I think that, together with the showmanship of the trolley coming over, and the high pour, certainly creates the excitement.”
17. Various Ago ... [truncated]
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