The Martini Variations: Postcards From Spain, Part 2

Five Bars, Five Very Different Martinis.

A waiter at Del Diego in Madrid transfers a Martini into a colder glass.

Spain likes gin. It consumes more gin per capita than any other country in Europe. Everywhere I went during my recent trip to Spain, I saw Beefeater gin behind the bar. Seagram’s gin, which has zero presence in the American market, is ubiquitous there. And, of course, there are man…