As mentioned below, martinis are just one kind of cocktails, and gin or absinthe is not necessary. It can be mixed at will, and even gin and juice can be called martinis.

The prototype of martini is gin and some kind of wine. At first, it was mainly sweet, with sweet absinthe as auxiliary material. Among many cocktails, "martini" is the fastest-evolving and fashionable cocktail. It is not so much a wine as a wine, because martini has become a broad concept. Not only cups, colorless spirits (mostly vodka) are used as the base wine, and other colors and flavors are added to become a versatile person in the cocktail world.

There is a martini cocktail called Paradise, and the recipe is gin+orange juice+almond brandy (it doesn't matter without this), but remember that if you make other martinis with juice, you need to shake it.

Martini is a concept to me, not a wine, but a mature and elegant concept. As a bartender, I recommend different martinis to different people.

You go and create your own, gin+whatever = your unique martini (no China white wine).

I have a homemade gin+aged osmanthus wine+lemon juice =2:0.5:0.5. You can try.

I'm exhausted from typing so many words ~ ~!