What wine with pizza or pasta?
Food and wine pairing · classic benchmarks: the preparation and your taste come first.
Tomato, basil, mozzarella: tomato sauce's acidity calls for Italian reds with matching acidity. Sangiovese is the reference pairing; a dry rosé works beautifully in summer.
Red
Acidity against acidity: medium-bodied Italian reds are right at home.
- Chianti
- Chianti Classico
- Valpolicella
- Barbera d'Asti
- Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
- Primitivo di Manduria
- Côtes du Rhône
Rosé
With a summer pizza or lighter pasta, a dry, fresh rosé.
How to use these pairings
A good pairing balances the dish and the wine: neither should dominate. The suggestions above are proven classics for the category, not rules: the preparation, the sauce and your taste matter more. When in doubt, the regional pairing (the wine from the dish's homeland) rarely fails.
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