![]() ![]() A quart de champagne or a champagne à I’orange is all right before luncheon, but in the evening one quart leads to another quart and a bottle of indifferent champagne is a bad foundation for the night. A fine à I’eau is fairly serious, but it intoxicates without tasting very good. Out of doors on a pavement in the sun is no place for vodka or whisky or gin. One cannot drink seriously in French cafés. “James Bond had his first drink of the evening at Fouquet’s. This time we’re given some more of Bond’s thinking on the drink: In the short story From a View to a Kill, Bond is again in France, and again orders an Americano. The wonderful European hors d’oeuvres came. In the restaurant car, Bond ordered Americanos and a bottle of Chianti Broglio. Half an hour among the jabbering loudspeakers of Ciampino Airport, time to drink two excellent Americanos, and they were on their way again… The drink figures twice in the plot of From Russia With Love, both times while Bond is traveling. The liquor is usually on a 1-1 portion, poured over ice, and then the soda is poured over the top. This drink consists of Campari, Sweet Vermouth and soda water. ![]() In Casino Royale, while waiting for Mathis and Vesper, Bond enters the Hermitage bar, takes a seat by the windows, and orders an Americano. The Americano holds the distinction of being the very first drink James Bond orders in the Ian Fleming series.
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