Bellini

“In creating what was to become known as the Bellini cocktail in 1948, my father was inspired by a painter …“ says Arrigo Cipriani, the son of Harry’s Bar founder, Giuseppe Cipriani. The 15th century Venetian painter Giovanni Bellini was often mentioned during his upbringing. However, at that time Arrigo could not suspect that the pink glow, which his father had so admired in one of Bellini’s paintings, would be the inspiration for his famous cocktail.