Staring out the window of Oblix East, on the 32nd floor of the Shard, is bound to stir up wanderlust. Who could resist the broad railway lines striking out from London Bridge, the Thames winding out towards the old trade routes and, over the docks, planes climbing sharply as they set out from City Airport?
It’s the right setting, then, for the Johnnie Walker Grand Voyage, a collection of cocktails built on far-flung flavours from five continents.
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