2015 has seen us sip Bar Termini’s delicate glasses of bittersweet aged Negroni while staring into the eyes of a lover, saying cin cin to celebrate a work collaboration, and catching up with girlfriends during aperitivo hour… If this elixir – from the count of cocktails Tony Conigliaro – could tell a tale, it’d be fruity. We waxed poetic about his concoction (pre-mixed and chilled to better infuse the flavours) earlier this year and flagged up that the three bottled blends would soon be for sale. And now, hurrah, just in time for Christmas, the very first of the trio has arrived in store – the Classico, a precious mix of gin, vermouth, Italian bitters and secret botanicals. Once again the bottle has an exquisite label designed by cult tattoo artist Mo Coppoletta, whose parlour on Exmouth Market draws the great and the good of the ink-on-skin brigade. We’ll be giving the bottles as presents – but only to those who’ll be sure to share a glass with us.
