Yesterday I was taken on a very special trip away thanks to Grey Goose as they helped a range of Sydney tastemaker’s understand just why World Martini Week is celebrated. After arriving at the decadently placed Sammy Jnr in Sydney’s CBD we organised morning coffee’s before being whisked away on a journey we won’t soon forget! Hopping into our own private chauffeured sprinters and being taken up to Sydney’s Northern stretch we set out on a day that highlighted the infamous cocktail and gave us all context as to why it has remained as one of the world’s most drunk drinks.
After arriving at a private yacht and boarding procedures happened we were greeted by the masterful team behind the vodka brand who taught us all they could about the infamous vodka martini, how, where and why it is made, it’s origins and all about it’s rise and claim to fame before allowing us to try paired foods with a range of different variations of the drink. After the introduction and lesson we were then taken to stop two, Sydney Oyster Farm, where we were taken through the river system to see how the oyster’s are farmed and then to a second location where we got to try out shucking and tasting the oysters for ourselves.
Once we had tried the martinis and seen for ourselves the pairing foods and how they’re farmed we were again shuttled away to the final destination of the day, a private beach where master chef Analiese Gregory and her team of foragers and cooks were toasting us up a delectable meal of freshly caught and grown delights. Paired back with even more versions of the infamous martini we were treated to a lunch surrounded by decadent wilderness and as we ate world renowned violinist Yea Choi played sweet melodies.
If you haven’t yet seen my day out with Grey Goose celebrating all things World Martini week then where have you been? Aside from it being all over my instagram this week I also put up a BTS video on my TikTok – but if you missed all of that below is a look at my day with the vodka brand and all the things we were lucky enough to experience.
Images by Jack Owen Bennett.
