It all started in 2010…
Eddie and Brenda had just finished working the North Carolina Wine Festival at Tanglewood Park. It was a blistering hot day, attendees were grasping for anything cool to drink, and a few attendees even passed out from the heat. They had an idea!!! Let’s figure out a way to turn our wine into a deliciously different iced cocktail that is lower in alcohol, but more robust in flavor and base it on a southern staple, the Peach.
Borrowing from a a classic Italian cocktail, the Peach Bellini, Brenda concocted the first recipe using off the shelf ingredients and a little improvisation. Eddie bought a slushie machine thinking it would be the ideal way to serve this refreshing new wine mixer. Brenda’s Bellini was born… The very next festival, Eddie and Brenda debuted the first iteration of Brenda’s Bellini. It was a smashing success and quickly became a fan favorite.
As time went on, some of the shelf products stopped production and there was no easy way to allow people to take a bottle home with them. Eddie and Brenda’s son, Andrew took this as a sign they needed to further develop Brenda’s Bellini. So while working a fulltime job at a Raleigh area investment group, Andrew spent close to 2 years of lunch breaks sourcing direct supply chains to ingredients and working with Eddie and Brenda to hone a concentrated and shelf stable version of Brenda’s Bellini.
After years of work, countless weekends spent testing hundreds of recipes and flavor variations, the present day Brenda’s Bellini was reborn. Now we had the ability to not only ensure we could continue to provide Brenda’s Bellini to our loyal fan base, but also allow our customers to enjoy a bit of Brenda’s creativity at home, the beach, or even poolside.
Did you know you can also use Brenda’s Bellini to…
- Flavor a pound cake for a truly unique desert
- Mix with soda water as a Italian Soda
- Sweeten up your tea for a peachy spin on a southern staple
- Make the most incredible peach ice cream
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