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Lillet, the elegant, wine-based aperitif prepared in the cellars of Podensac, a small village in south-west Bordeaux, has been made since 1872. The Vesper cocktail made famous by James Bond in , is not as some would have it a simple dry martini, but a lethal, luscious libation of gin, vodka and Lillet, shaken and garnished with a thin strip of lemon peel. What makes this cocktail so special is arguably the
