#214 Cocktail: Nelson's Blood

    No idea who invented this cocktail, but the name suggests that it pays an homage to Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson who lost his life in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
    Gaz Regan found out about this fancy drink from a friend of his, Richard Ward, who used to serve this cocktail on a cruise ship in the 1970's

1 1/2 ounce ruby port

4 ounces chilled champagne

#213 Cocktail: Negroni

      While the drink's origins are unknown, the most widely reported account is that it was first mixed in Florence, Italy, in 1919, at Caffè Casoni (formerly Caffè Giacosa), located on Via de' Tornabuoni and now called Caffè Roberto Cavalli. Count Camillo Negroni concocted it by asking the bartender, Fosco Scarselli, to strengthen his favorite cocktail, the Americano, by adding gin rather than the normal soda water. The bartender also added an orange garnish rather than the typical lemon garnish of the Americano to signify that it was a different drink. Since the drink was conceived before the invention of dry gin, the kind of gin used would have likely been barrel aged or Old Tom style.

(Wikipedia)

1 1/2 ounce Gin

1 1/2 ounce Campari

1 1/2 ounce Sweet Vermouth