Today, more than seven decades after its creation, the Bellini remains one of cocktail culture's most misunderstood classics. What should be a simple marriage of white peach purée and Prosecco has become, in too many establishments, a sugary approximation made with yellow peaches, peach schnapps, or worse. The original, when properly executed, is something else entirely: a delicate expression of fruit at its peak, a drink that captures the fleeting perfection of Italian summer in a glass.