We celebrate the summer months by sharing in issue 3 of Small Sips Big Bites articles about the many things we enjoy this time of the year. We also sample a range of innovative drinks created by a new wave of tastemakers for Fairmont’s revitalised "Classics Perfected" cocktail program; we check-out recently reborn deluxe Sofitel London St James hotel mid top-to-bottom refurb; we “feel the pulse” of SO/ Hotels & Resorts - Accor’s distinctly lifestyle-orientated luxury brand, and we drop anchor in Istanbul, whose bustling streets are a theatre of culinary creativity and dining out is a fundamental part of Turkey's national identity.