“It will dry out your mouth”: this sommelier from Milan explains why you should avoid choosing this wine with pizza. We have all fallen into the trap!
Every time you dine at your favorite pizzeria, you come out completely thirsty and with a terribly dry mouth. You seriously begin to wonder if the cook, an imposing Sicilian figure whose name rhymes strangely with Corleone, is not trying to slowly poison you… Rest assured, the chef has nothing to do with this matter. It is the waiter who must be blamed: he recommends the wrong wine.
The favorite pairing of Italian sommeliers
Bread dough, tomato sauce, cheese, olive oil… It’s no news, pizza is a fatty dish. However, rather than offering it a refreshing beverage, in contrast to its apparent richness, we often hand you the wine list on the page… red wines. “And chianti as per usual ?», the waiter asks you, referring to the famous Tuscan wine made from sangiovese. You nod, not daring to upset him. Alas, you have just made the worst possible choice: mixed with cheese, the tannins of red wine do not mix well. “It will dry out your mouth», summarizes sommelier Fabrizio Bucella in his video.
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His verdict is clear: red wine, especially if it is tannic, is not suitable for pizza. “If we had to select a wine to accompany a pizza, we would choose a rather lively white to counterbalance the fat.“, he continues. But for the expert, it is not yet the best pairing… The native of Milan has given us his secret weapon to enhance pizza: beer. No, you’re not dreaming, jokes Fabrizio Bucella, it’s even the favorite pairing of Italian sommeliers! Tasting verdict? “It’s extremely pleasanthe confirms. It seems like beer was made for pizza: she comes to cleanse the palate and thus calls for another bite“. The real question to ask is therefore not so much which wine to drink with pizza, but rather which beer to drink with pizza? Here, Fabrizio Bucella recommends a simple and fresh beer, a Lager for example, like the essential Birra Moretti which always sits in the fridge of your favorite pizzeria.
