Comments on: Pizza, pairing, and Pasolini

By: Pizza, an Italian sine qua non (Alan Richman, please call me!) « Do Bianchi

Pizza, an Italian sine qua non (Alan Richman, please call me!) « Do Bianchi — Sat, 23 May 2009 16:42:49 +0000

[...] The tenor of the debate seemed to have reached fever pitch by the time I weighed in with my post Pizza, pairing, and Pasolini. [...]

By: Produttori del Barbaresco tomorrow in Austin « Do Bianchi

Produttori del Barbaresco tomorrow in Austin « Do Bianchi — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:56:14 +0000

[...] There won’t be any pizza (sorry, Franco) at tomorrow’s tasting but there will be 2004 and 2005 classic Barbaresco by [...]

By: More pizza porn… « Do Bianchi

More pizza porn… « Do Bianchi — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:31:16 +0000

[...] Here are some of the pizza pairings suggested in the wake of last week’s post, Pizza, pairing, and Pasolini. I’ve also posted some more pizza pornography just for the fun of [...]

By: tracieb

tracieb — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:44:08 +0000

ok, cold nastro azzuro on draft aside, you musta to dreenk a frothy gragnano (all of you northerners are suggesting lambrusco, how about its cugino meridionale? doesn’t it just make more sense? this is the pairing of tradition with the panuozzi of the eponymous city.)

or, agreeing with franco, a crisp and fruity falanghina would be my second choice.

all of the heavy reads are just too much for the authentic, delicate pizze one would find in napoli!

potessi trovarmi almeno una…

By: Francesco

Francesco — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:46:48 +0000

Good idea Jeremy to break the conservatism that we Italians keep with regard to the pairing Pizza-Beer.

While I agree with Franco that pizza with nebbiolo seems to me a little aggressive, I believe that many of the pairings mentioned here (some whites, barbera, Montepulciano d’Abbruzzo..).

But even when keeping the pairing with beer, I believe it is a real pity that most Italians (and most pizzeria) do not make the effort to select a decent beer to pair thei pizza. Living in Brussels we obviously enjoy a much larger choice but an easy-to-find Leffe Blonde is already a much better pairing that a Stella or other basic lager.

Otherwise…but here I know that only Italians (and only a very small bunch of them) will follow me….try CHINOTTO (the best alternative to coke in the world).

By: Thomas Pellechia

Thomas Pellechia — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:47:43 +0000

Oh, and I am partial to Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, Zinfandel, Brindisi, and Salice Salentino with pizza.

It is an endless food and wine pairing…

By: Thomas Pellechia

Thomas Pellechia — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:43:32 +0000

I remember a visit to my father’s home town of Barsano del Grappa. My wife and I walked the fairly large village and came upon a loud, buoyant place that lured us in.

It was THE neighborhood pizza house. The large, labyrinth was fully packed with patrons in two major groups: young people and families where many older people joined in.

The pizza kitchen was in the open. You took a table, placed your order with a waiter or waitress (yes, a waitress!) and then you selected a wine, all of which came in a carafe.

A lot of beer flowed in that place–but so did a lot of wine.

The pizza w had was as good as any Neapolitan version I’ve ever tasted, and it came with fresh toppings, as it should.

From that experience, I’d say that at least in that village, pizza is more than a cheap dinner for the young.

By: babylonfalling

babylonfalling — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:57:19 +0000

I’m Italian and live in Italy, but I don’t have a PhD in Italian. Like Big Moz said, going to the pizzeria is the normal get-together- not only for young people. I’ve never seen anyone order wine with pizza unless it’s someone who doesn’t drink beer at all (in which case of seen them order the house red wine). No doubt about it, beer is usually drunk with pizza.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:47:00 +0000

One of the things that I noticed when I arrived in Friuli was that pizza was one of the few things, if not the ONLY thing, that Italians (or at least, Friulani) ate in a restaurant that they DON’T NORMALLY EAT AT HOME. All the other things they ate, pasta, meat, some simple fish, was part of everyday fare at home.
It seemed to be the best party food as well… Going out for the end of the year? For a reunion? Won the volleyball match? PIZZA.
And here at least I almost never, ever saw anyone (regardless of age) order wine with pizza.

REGARDLESS: I have a couple winers that I like to pair with pizza. One of my first loves with pizza back in my ‘tator days was Renato Ratti Dolcetto. The play of the Dolcetto fruit and acidic tomato sauce was awesome! These days I have fallen in love with well-made lambrusco, and that for me is the best mach I can think of at the moment. Try “Acino” Lambrusco from Corte Manzini, or even their base level Lambrusco Secco… PERFECT!

By: stacy

stacy — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:00:53 +0000

interesting post. My Italian and I have really enjoyed following your blog. Also love that picture of nonna pizza – I live in Dallas but haven’t been there yet. You’ve just given us a kick to go =)