The real question is: how to hold a Martini glass?
Bearing in mind that the martini glass is designed in a way to prevent the drinker from placing his hand and fingers around the receptacle of the drink itself (the body warmth would warm the drink up, and as you all know, a martini should be consumed ice-cold), I always find myself a little confused everytime I order a dry martini.
In the movies you always watch Bond grabbing the glass with his fingers around the top of it (wich is probably a bit over the surface of the drink, it won't warm it, so it's probably the most correct way of doing it - and besides, it's in the movies!) and that's the way I do it too - It just doesn't feel right holding the glass just below the drink, on the "column" of the glass.
Anyway, these glasses weren't visibly designed to be carried around, so most of the time they're sitting in a counter or in a table, and are only lifted when the drinker drinks from it - so, holding it is not really a big problem.
So, connoisseurs, please share your opinions on the "Science of Holding and Drinking from a Martini Glass".
