Mad about Martinis

The Topsy Turvi Tini, a blend of Silver tequila, peach schnapps and grapefruit potion, as created by Hopmonk, was named Best Overall in the public vote at Friday night’s Martini Madness event at MacArthur Place.

Judges Choice honors for Best Overall went to Centre du Vin

for its Classic Vodka Martini

: Solano vodka, angostura orange bitters, dry vermouth with olive stuffed with blue chees and filled with a peach and bitters gummy

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Other People’s Choice winners:

Best Use of the Olive, and Most Creative: the girl & the fig.
The Olive Hopper

: Hanson organic vodka, imagery silverwood ranch extra virgin olive oil, meyer lemon, chartreuse, egg whites, fernet and castelvetrano olives stuffed with roasted crickets

. Yes, crickets.

For its Best Use of Olive choice, the judges panel picked Sante at Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa for The Momento: 

Pequillo pepper infused Solano vodka, Cerignola Olive stuffed with lillet marinated Dungeness Crab.