Sale e Pepe launches two festive cocktails with illustrations by Clym Evernden

Italian restaurant Sale e Pepe, the long-term Knightbridge favourite, is serving two limited-edition festive cocktails from 9^th November to 31^st December in collaboration with Grey Goose Altius vodka and illustrator Clym Evernden. The special libations were created by bar director Pietro Collina using the ultra-premium spirit and are accompanied by original artwork from the London artist. They will be available at the Knightsbridge restaurant and at its sister site, Sale e Pepe Mare at The Langham, priced at £20 each.

Evernden, who posts as @clymdraws and is known for his free-flowing ink illustrations, has produced an alpine landscape populated by geese that will appear on the festive cocktail menu, on recipe cards and on a collectable coaster designed to double as a postcard. The design draws on the flavours of the cocktails and on the Altius bottle, which is decorated with mountains and geese in reference to the vodka’s use of spring water from the French Alps.

Evernden explained his thoughts behind the artwork: “I liked the idea of an alpine landscape that doesn’t quite exist, somewhere between a ski resort and a fairytale, with the geese as a cast of characters to play with,” he said. “It’s a pleasure to make something people will actually hold while they’re having a drink. I hope a few of the coasters end up going home in coat pockets.”

Collina, who is also bar director of the London bar Viajante87, has built the drinks from classic cocktails with seasonal additions. The Mulled Martini combines Grey Goose Altius with mulled vermouth, Maraschino and Douglas fir. In contrast, the Peppermint Negroni, a variation on the Italian aperitivo, blends the vodka with Campari, blanc vermouth, crème de menthe and crème de cacao, and is finished with a chocolate and peppermint garnish.

Explaining his approach, Collina said: “I wanted both cocktails to feel familiar first and festive second. The Mulled Martini cocktail takes the flavours people already associate with this time of year and puts them somewhere unexpected. The Peppermint Negroni is really an after-dinner mint in a glass. It’s the drink I’d want at the end of a long lunch in December.”

The collaboration links the two restaurants for the first time during the festive period. The original Sale e Pepe has operated on Pavilion Road since 1974 and serves classic Italian cooking. Sale e Pepe Mare opened at The Langham in the West End earlier this year, with a Riviera-inspired menu centred on seafood and handmade pasta.

The Knightsbridge restaurant opens from noon daily. It closes at 10.30pm from Monday to Thursday, at 11pm on Fridays and Saturdays, and at 10pm on Sundays. Both cocktails will remain on the menus at the two sites until the end of December.

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The festive cocktails are available from 9^th November until 31^st December 2026 at Sale e Pepe in Knightsbridge and Sale e Pepe Mare at The Langham. For further information or to book a table, visit the group’s website here.