Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The glass is a crucial consideration in any Martini – as important as the choice of vermouth or gin.

Martini glasses look how a martini tastes ... Riedel Nick & Nora glass, set of 2 (Full disclosure: Riedel sent me a pair to try, and I love them.) Bormioli Rocco Novecento Stemware Nick & Nora ...

For these cases, there’s the Nick and Nora glass. However, if you want to make a full martini and serve it in this glass, you definitely can: keep the rest of the cocktail in a mini carafe that ...

Technically speaking, you can drink a martini out of any glass. But having a great martini in a perfect martini glass is a specific kind of delight. No matter how you like your martini — with ...

The martini glasses I have at home? They're a short version like this crystal set from QVC. Not only do they feel chic to use, they're also so much easier to store than the full height ones ...

I chewed the first olive with slow relish after emptying the glass, saving the second one for round two still chilling in the sidecar. It wasn’t as if I’d never had a martini before.