Cocktails ... C'est chic! Liquid news.

Fancy a drink? SAM WYLIE-HARRIS raises her glass to the week's best buys WHEN the curtain rises on Breakfast At Tiffany's and Anna Friel steps into the limelight as New York socialite Holly Golightly - so will that exquisite of drinks, the classic cocktail.

In the 1961 screen version starring Audrey Hepburn, Golightly's favourite tipple was "One-half vodka, one-half gin, no vermouth."

"The Holly Golightly" is a slightly sweeter affair and premiered on September 29 at The Theatre Royal Haymarket.

Created by bartender Adam McGurk from Sosho Bar, his winning mixology in the "Hunt for Holly" cocktail competition stole the Chambord crown from six other finalists and to steal a quote from Golightly, "Oh, golly gee, damn!" In other words darlings, it's very good. So, little black dresses a la Hepburn at the ready ... here's the delicious infusion for you to try.

. THE HOLLY GOLIGHTLY 2 orange slices 1 pink grapefruit slice 2 dashes of Fee Brothers grapefruit bitters 15ml freshly squeezed lemon juice 15ml Earl Grey tea syrup 10ml sweet vermouth 25ml Chambord black raspberry liqueur Place the orange, grapefruit slices, bitters, lemon juice and tea syrup in a mixing glass. Muddle ingredients to extract juices and oils from fruit to create a base sauce. Pour in sweet vermouth and Chambord. Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and fine strain into a chilled Martini glass.