Though Kina Lillet is no longer available since it was discontinued in 1985 due to its high quinine content, Lillet Blanc has become the industry-standard substitute.

While the Vesper Martini is still the main draw, Preti’s successor, Alessandro Palazzi, has built a Bond-themed bar program at the Dukes Hotel which includes a phenomenal table-side martini known as the Dukes Martini. Like his inventor, Bond too eventually abandoned gin, opting instead for vodka. Various ailments over time, however, prompted a switch to the “healthier” alternative, bourbon. Got it?' Fleming, like Bond, started out as a gin drinker. Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon peel.

As Bond describes it: “three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. When Casino Royale rebooted the James Bond franchise, it finally gave us Vesper Lynd, a complexly designed female match for 007. Royal British Naval Intelligence officer and writer extraordinaire Ian Fleming frequented Dukes Hotel in London, where head bartender Gilberto Preti first served the stiff drink. This modern classic debuted alongside its iconic imbiber in Casino Royale, the first James Bond novel, published in 1953.