He’s been around for a while, but only recently (with his 2008 Academy Award nomination for The Visitor) has he been getting the attention he deserves, rather like a whiskey sour....
This cocktailsingle-malt Scotch coupled with sweet, seductive elderflower liqueuris all alcohol and a bit bad-ass, but a garnish of sliced kumquats gives it a delicate exoticism....
For a cocktail that looks as aristocratic as Kate Winslet does, start with a mixture of London dry gin and red-currant jelly and top it off with dry sparkling wine.