She walks in a bar and orders a “Belvedere Martini” and exclaims, “Shaken, not stirred!” The bar tender looks at her and drops a bottle cap in an ice bucket, and all of a sudden a series of contraptions appears – ice falls from a bucket and fills up a shaker; Belvedere Vodka pours in with another bottle spraying white Vermouth and instead of the bar tender shaking the shaker, lime starts to fall from above and shakes the entire concoction, with the shaker doing a perfect somersault. Bar tender then opens the shaker and pours in the muddled liquid in a martini glass and ends with another contraption slicing lemon by the bar and voila! Straight up dry Belvedere Martini with a lemon twist. “Excellent choice Mr. Bond,” she ends. Catch the 45-minute cool Bond experience featuring the first Mexican Bond girl and the latest star in Belvedere vodka’s campaign, Stephanie Sigman.
An excellent choice indeed, and in celebration of the highly anticipated premiere of SPECTRE, the latest 007 film, Belvedere Vodka launched the Belvedere 007 SPECTRE special edition bottle (70cl) featuring the iconic gun barrel and 007 gun logo. This is the first time Belvedere has been featured as a product in a Bond movie. “James Bond is recognized as the most admired and influential tastemaker in the world. We’re delighted that Belvedere is partnering with SPECTRE, our largest global partnership to date, ” says president of Belvedere Vodka Charles Gibb.
In the Philippines, Belvedere Vodka hosted a James Bond-themed VIP martini party at the Palace Pool Club co-hosted by JM Rodriguez and graced by Belvedere Brand Ambassador for Asia-Pacific, Marev Vojcarcik. They featured four different SPECTRE-themed cocktails – the Belvedere 007 Martini, Belvedere Spectre 007 Classic, Belvedere Double O, and long drink Belvedere Spectre 007.
If you want to create your own Spectre 007 Martini, prepare 60 ml (2 oz) Belvedere Vodka, 10 ml (1/3 oz) dry Vermouth, 1 Sicilian green olive, 5ml (1/6 oz) Sicilian green olive brine. Gently muddle the olive in mixing glass, add all the other ingredients and shake hard with ice. Now if you want to taste what Stephanie Sigman ordered, here’s the other recipe – Belvedere 007 Martini, prepare 60 ml (2 oz) Belvedere Vodka, add 10 ml (1/3 oz) dry Vermouth, shake with ice, again do not stir, then garnish with a lemon twist.
SPECTRE, starring Daniel Craig, is set to open in Philippine theaters on its worldwide release on November 6, 2015. The Belvedere 007 SPECTRE special edition bottle is available in retailers worldwide and is released in 70cl, 75cl, 1L. and 1.75L. For updates on Belvedere Vodka Philippines follow @belvedereph on Instagram and like their Facebook page on Belvedere Vodka PH.
