{"id":8595,"date":"2019-11-25T06:54:28","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T04:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/french-connection\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:26:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:26:41","slug":"french-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/en\/french-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"French Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The French Connection is a classic drink with just two ingredients, equal parts of each. According to the story, the drink got its name from the 1971 film of the same name (The French Connection). The lead role was played by Gene Hackman, who won an Oscar for his performance. The film won a total of 5 Oscars. This drink is perfect as a nightcap or after dinner and is sipped slowly over ice or neat. So put on the movie and pour yourself a drink &#8211; cheers!    <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"544\" class=\"wp-image-2207\" src=\"https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/French-connection-cognac-disaronno-drink-1-632x544.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/French-connection-cognac-disaronno-drink-1-632x544.jpg 632w, https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/French-connection-cognac-disaronno-drink-1-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/French-connection-cognac-disaronno-drink-1-1024x881.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/French-connection-cognac-disaronno-drink-1-768x661.jpg 768w, https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/French-connection-cognac-disaronno-drink-1-689x593.jpg 689w, https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/French-connection-cognac-disaronno-drink-1-617x531.jpg 617w, https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/French-connection-cognac-disaronno-drink-1-590x507.jpg 590w, https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/French-connection-cognac-disaronno-drink-1-349x300.jpg 349w, https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/French-connection-cognac-disaronno-drink-1.jpg 1279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" alt=\"whiskydrinkwithice\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>You&#8217;ll need:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 cl <a href=\"https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/viini\/camus-vs-elegance-muovipullo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>cognac<\/b><\/a><br\/>2 cl <a href=\"https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/viini\/disaronno-originale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>amaretto liqueur<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Instructions:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mix the spirits and serve in a thick-bottomed whiskey glass with a large ice cube.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The French Connection is a classic drink with just two ingredients, equal parts of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_page_background_color":"","_page_header_background":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[364],"tags":[],"makuelamys":[380,502],"class_list":["post-8595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drinks","makuelamys-spicy","makuelamys-strong"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8599,"href":"https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8595\/revisions\/8599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8595"},{"taxonomy":"makuelamys","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viikonviini.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/makuelamys?post=8595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}