Gin Cocktails

• 1 standard bottle dry gin
  1 bottle non-vintage champagne (or superior dry sparkling wine)
  half-bottle of liqueur
• 1 pint (575ml) unsweetened grapefruit juice
  / 1½ pints (say a siphon) soda-water

Mix ingredients, other than sparkling wine, in a large bowl with plenty of ice Add fruits in season as available or at own discretion At last moment, add wine (well chilled)

Note: the liqueur called for in original recipe is anisette. If you dislike that as much as I do, substitute Cointreau or Grand Marnier

• 2 measure dry gin
  ½ glass dry vermouth
  ½ glass dry red vermouth
• 1 measure fresh orange juice

Shake and strain

Cherry decoration usual

• 1 measure dry gin
  1 measure Pernod
  1 measure whisky

Shake and strain