But it is in Tomorrow Never Dies that Pierce Brosnan’s Bond finally eschews the pomp, circumstance and vermouth of the Martini and starts shotting the spirit from glasses. In the films, Bond has enjoyed brands from Smirnoff to Stolichnaya. So, aside from one serving suggestion in Diamonds Are Forever - “The waiter brought the Martinis, shaken and not stirred, as Bond had stipulated, and some slivers of lemon peel in a wine glass” - let’s move onto another way of enjoying vodka shots. Strangely, Ian Fleming never mentions a brand of shaker or martini glass in the novels, and no manufacturer has stepped up to monopolise Bond’s glassware on screen.
