The Newest Thing in Cocktails Is Vintage Liquor

As spirits age, they change in flavor and intensity. Now you just have to find them
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Old wine is good; old liquor is not.

Or so the thinking went until Edgar Harden, a Christie’s wine specialist, came across a client’s unwanted cases of 1960s Gordon’s Gin. Instead of trashing it, Harden went home and made a martini.