The Laddie and Botanist gin were a great success at the Top Marques show in Montecarlo over the weekend.

Glamorous supercars, expensive powerboats, luxurious watches and the beau monde featured at this Monaco festival of excess on the Riviera.

His Serene Highness Prince Albert of Monaco visited the Bruichladdich stand, and Mark was subsequently summoned for a cocktail with the prince at the American Bar of the famous Hotel de Paris.

An Old-Fashioned was the prince's suggestion, an American cocktail usually made with Bourbon, but at his suggestion, made with the bar's Bruichladdich Laddie 10 instead.