Martini Lounges
  Some of the most unique bars from around the world are revealed here. From the modest to the more elaborate and sophisticated, there is nothing like finding that special bar that can make you feel welcome when you are far from home.


1001 Martinis

With liquid elegance and glamorous mystique, martinis launched today's discriminating cocktail culture and turned bartenders into "bar chefs."

The martini is a cocktail traditionally made with gin and dry white vermouth, though in recent years substituting vodka for gin has become more popular than the original recipe. For absolute purists the bottle of gin, the mixing glass, vermouth and martini glass are all frozen prior to mixing. As a result the dry martini pours as an oily texture and is very soft on the palate.

Todays Martini goes beyond the gin or vodka and vermouth classics to include adventurous recipes with rum, scotch, fruit infusions, liqueurs, ice cream, and even herbal supplements.

Chill the glasses, get out the cocktail shaker, and become a bar chef yourself.