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During the Christmas season, many venues refresh their cocktail offering by introducing classic recipes reinterpreted with a seasonal twist, enriched with ingredients that immediately evoke winter. It’s not just about updating a menu: it’s a way to reinterpret the identity of one’s service, offering customers an experience that conveys care, seasonality, and attention to detail.
In this context, the choice of glassware is not a secondary element but an essential part of the storytelling. The shape interacts with the character of the drink, enhancing its aesthetics and contributing to the sensory perception.
Spiced aromas of cinnamon, hints of clove, the fragrance of winter citrus and herbal notes blend in preparations that require balance and a precise aesthetic intention. The choice of glass, in this sense, defines the structure of the cocktail just as much as the recipe itself.
Here is a selection of classic drinks, reinterpreted with a Christmas twist, paired with the ideal type of glass.
Cranberry gin fizz
The Cranberry Gin Fizz finds its ideal match in a highball: the tall, slender shape supports the sparkling component, highlights the cranberry color, and enhances the typical layering of the cocktail. It’s a format specifically designed for fresh, tonic drinks where effervescence and verticality must remain well defined.
Among highballs, the Dude HB 420 is an original choice. This 2025 New entry, made of blown glass, features an innovative shape that combines character and functionality, thanks also to its stackability.
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Winter Hugo
The Winter Hugo is a cocktail built on its aromatic component: fresh rosemary, lime and red berries create a visual and olfactory profile that is quintessentially wintery. For recipes that include abundant garnishes and aromas to be enhanced, the most suitable format is a sturdy goblet that allows the ingredients to open up, offering space for decorations and making the drinking experience more harmonious and immediate. Gaudi 70 is the perfect solution.
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Pomegranate Americano
The Pomegranate Americano is a seasonal variation of the classic Americano, in which pomegranate — a fruit typical of December, with tart and slightly bitter notes — adds a livelier winter dimension.
Its structure remains short and balanced, and for this very reason it requires a glass that provides order and solidity. The Double Old Fashioned (DOF) is the most functional choice: low, stable, and designed to hold ice without altering the proportion between ingredients, preserving the drink’s balance from the first to the last sip.
Among the DOF glasses in the Borgonovo catalogue, the Excalibur DOF 300 is an ideal example for this style:
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- EXCALIBUR DOF 300: https://www.borgonovo.it/bicchieri/excalibur-dof-300/
Christmas Martini
The Christmas Martini reinterprets the purity of the classic Martini with a festive touch: warmer citrus notes, a hint of spice, and a simple orange peel that evokes the winter season.
For the reinterpretation of such an iconic cocktail, a stemless Martini glass offers a different approach compared to traditional stemware: more solid, more contemporary, with a clean geometry that highlights the clarity of the cocktail and gives it a bolder visual presence. The low, open shape complements the gesture of tasting, maintaining order and precision.
The Serie V 225 Martini by Borgonovo perfectly embodies this modern approach.
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- SERIE V 225 MARTINI: https://www.borgonovo.it/en/glasses/serie-v-225-martini/
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