December 11 – Manhattan

The Manhattan is one of the very first cocktails that called for vermouth, and was invented before the Martini, the Rob Roy and the Martinez. One story is that it was created at the Manhattan Club at a party arranged by Lady Randolph Churchill in 1874. This, however is not very likely since she at the time of the party was at home in London giving birth to Winston Churchill. Another account was written by a New York bartender, William F. Mulhall, working at the Hoffman House in NY from the 1880’s. He wrote “The Manhattan cocktail was invented by a man named Black, who kept a place ten doors below Houston Street on Broadway in the eighteen-sixties—probably the most famous drink in the world in its time.”.
The glass was designed in 2003 by the American designer Alissia Melka-Teichroew.

December 10 – Americano

The Americano is not only a precursor of the Negroni (that was created for Count Camillo Negroni who wanted something more potent than the classic Americano). It was actually the very first drink that James Bond ever ordered. (It wasn't a Vesper). This was in Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale from 1953.
The Cibi glass was designed by Italian architect and designer Cini Boeri in 1973 and was considered so futuristic it was featured in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner from 1982.

December 9 – Old Fashioned

Sometime around 1880 the Old Fashioned as we know it today is said to have been invented at The Pendennis Club in Louisville, Kentucky by James E. Pepper, bartender and bourbon maker. He then brought the recipe to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel bar in New York City.
The glass, Kartio, was designed in 1958 by Finnish designer Kaj Franck.

December 8 – French "75"

The French ”75” cocktail got it’s name from the 75-millimeter field gun used by the French military during WWI. It was probably created at Henry’s Bar in Paris by Henry Tépé in 1914/15 or even earlier and was originally called ”Soixante-Quinze” (Seventy-Five) since both the drink and the field gun would knock you out flat.
The Paro glass was designed by Achille Castiglioni in 1983.

December 7 – Between the Sheets

The cocktail Between the Sheets is another cocktail that originated at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris. It was created by Harry MacElhone in the early 1930s and is basically a Sidecar with the addition of rum.
The Mount Rainier glass was designed by Nic Ramirez, Matt & Leigh Capozzi in 2015 as a tribute to the tallest mountain in Washington State.

December 6 – Bloody Mary

The drink Bloody Mary was probably invented by a bartender named Fernand “Pete” Petiot, who created his first version in the early 1920s at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris. After Prohibition, Petiot moved to New York where he presided over the King Cole Bar at the St. Regis Hotel. While at St. Regis, he enhanced the drink with horseradish, Tabasco, lemon juice and celery salt.
The glass, Slow Fox, was designed by the Swedish designer Ingegerd Råman in 2000.

December 5 – Angelo Azzurro

The Angelo Azzurro was created in the fifties or sixties but wasn't made trendy until the eighties when Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) ordered it in Miami Vice. Here in a glass designed by the British designer Richard Holloway in 1982.

December 4 – Sgroppino

The Sgroppino was supposedly invented in Venice during the sixteenth century and was served after dinner or as a palate cleanser between courses. At the time wealthy Venetians kept an ice house and the kitchen staff were able to make sorbetto. The name Sgroppino comes for the Italian word sgropare, in Ventian dialect sgropin, meaning to untie a knot, referring to knots in the stomach following a multi-course dinner. A sweet after dinner drink was thought to help the digestion.
This Sgroppino is served in Isabel Antonia Giampietro’s Narcisso glass designed in 1957.

December 3 – Saketini

A blend of Japan and the US with a little bit of Italy mixed in. The origins of the Saketini is said to have been invented by Matsuda San, a chef from Queens who introduced the drink at the New York World’s Fair in 1964. Stirred with ice and here served in a sake cup designed by Masakichi Awashima in 1958.

December 2 – Negroni

In 1919 the Italian Count Camillo Negroni stepped into his favorite bar and wanted to try something new. His friend and bartender Fosco Scarselli substituted gin for soda from the Americano and thus created the perfect cocktail, the Negroni. Here served in a tumbler designed by Massimo Vignelli in 1957.

December 1 – Champagne Cocktail

Champagne cocktails were mentioned by Mark Twain in 1869 in his book Innocents Abroad but was surely drunk long before that. This version, also called Maharajah’s Burra-Peg(burra meaning big or important in hindi and peg being old British slang for drink) is taken from Charles H. Baker’s book The Gentleman’s Companion from 1939.

The Tulip glass was designed by Nils Landberg for the Swedish company Orrefors in 1957.