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We Found the Perfect Martini Kit

We found the perfect gift for the martini lover in your life, even if it’s yourself. For holiday 2013, GREY GOOSE teamed with French fine crystal house Baccarat for one of the coolest collaborations we’ve seen all year. The “Always Stirred, Never Shaken” martini kit takes French luxury to a new level with all the tools to make a perfect cocktail.

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Housed in a custom-cut metal case lined with imported French felt, the GREY GOOSE Baccarat gift box includes a strainer, jigger, four olive picks, spoon, mixing cup, voucher to claim a bottle of GREY GOOSE Original from 877-SPIRITS and two handsome Baccarat crystal martini glasses. Designed to hold the perfect martini, the glass’s wide brim produces surface tension to bring out GREY GOOSE’s bouquet, and the thick, ornate stem helps to maintain the cocktail’s temperature. We think James Bond would be super proud.

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The GREY GOOSE Baccarat gift box coincides with the launch of the GREY GOOSE FLY BEYOND campaign to celebrate Francois Thibault, the creator of GREY GOOSE and his pursuit to create the world’s best tasting vodka. To this day, he oversees the crafting of GREY GOOSE and tastes every batch to ensure it lives up to its reputation of consistency and exceptional quality.

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The GREY GOOSE Baccarat gift box and martini kit is being sold for $475 at Gilt City through December 9. Hurry because this limited edition collaboration definitely won’t last long.

Amanda Gabriele
Amanda Gabriele is a food and travel writer at The Manual and the former senior editor at Supercall. She can’t live without…
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