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Don't Miss These Italian Style Pizzas and Wines for Pairing - Cin Cin!
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items Who doesn't love a delicious Italian style pizza? And Italian wines to bring out the flavors? Find my recommendations for affordable Italian wines that will complement your favorite Italian style pizza! Cin Cin!
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Authentic Italian Style Pizzas
Italian Wines for Pairing with Italian Style Pizzas
Authentic Italian Style Pizzas
Italy has hands-down the best pizza I've ever tasted! What's your favorite?
The Margherita pizza is my go-to for lunch or a light snack in the afternoon. Tomatoes! Cheese! Basil!
Margherita Pizza
The pizza is basically a Margherita topped with slices of spicy salami. Call it a pepperoni pizza in the US, but not in Italy!
Pizza Diavola
It's the pizza with four cheeses! There are two main variations of this pizza, one with tomato sauce, also known as rossa, and one without, called bianca. This is a general rule for all pizzas, and you’ll often find them divided on the menu as “pizze...
Pizza Quattro Formaggi
We can find this pizza everywhere in Italy. The topping includes tomato sauce, mozzarella, ham, mushrooms, green and black olives, artichokes, and sometimes eggs.
Pizza Capricciosa
In Naples, it’s called pizza alla Romana (Rome-style), while in the rest of Italy, it’s known as Napoletana or Pizza Napoli. The recipe can also vary slightly. The original Pizza alla Romana, born in Naples, is topped with tomato sauce, anchovies, or...
Neapolitan Pizza
Pizza Funghi is simply a pizza Margherita topped with mushrooms, although you may also find it as a pizza bianca without tomato sauce. The most common type of mushroom for pizza topping is champignon.
Funghi Pizza
Vegetarians, this is for you! Ortolana is one of the most popular vegetarian pizzas, often called Pizza Vegetariana. The word “ortolana” is the female version of the greengrocer and recalls the variety of veggies you’ll find on top of this tasty pizz...
Pizza Ortolana
This pizza can be with mozzarella and tomato sauce (rossa) or just mozzarella (bianca). The pizza topping contains pieces of ham and mushrooms, usually champignons. While mushrooms are added to the pizza before placing it in the oven, the prosciutto ...
Prosciutto e Funghi Pizza
Sausage is a very common topping for Italian pizza. The most popular option is a simple Margherita with little bits of sausage. If you like meat and you’re looking for a simple upgrade to your classic pizza, order the pizza alla salsiccia. The variet...
Salsiccia Pizza
Italian Wines for Pairing with Italian Style Pizzas
What makes the Italian style pizza even better is a beautiful Italian wine. Each wine pairing matches the pizza located in the same spot on the first list. You may purchase all wines on wine(dot)com. My mouth is watering right now!
This flavorful rose from Abruzzo is what every Margherita Pizza needs as a pairing.
Tiberio Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo 2022
I love a spicy red wine from Sicily with my Pizza Diavola. The flavors of both are exceptional!
Caruso & Minini Naturalmente Bio Nero d'Avola 2021
The Quattro Formaggi pizza is begging for this Dolcetto with an intense and persistent fruit aroma. This wine is dry, with a well-balanced, and velvety texture. Bright fruit flavors accented by notes of almonds.
Fontanafredda Briccotondo Dolcetto 2019
Sip this keeper with Pizza Capriciossa! I've visited the winery in Abruzzo and have loved every sip of this extremely affordable wine. The wine’s fruitiness and earthy undertones complement the combination of ingredients and provide a well-rounded pa...
Podere Castorani Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Cadetto 2019
Neopolitan Pizza shines brighter with this glorious white wine of Greco di Tufo from Campania. The nose is intense and persistent with clear sensations of fruit. On the palate, broad acidity and spicy minerality, typical of a vine culitvated in Tufo....
Feudi di San Gregorio Greco di Tufo 2021
The Funghi Pizza is about savory herbs, mushrooms and cheese. This wines highlights similar flavor characteristics all with wonderful acidity to cut through the creaminess of the cheeses.
Marchesi di Barolo Barbera d'Alba Ruvei 2021
Any Pizza Ortolana will taste even better with a Chianti Classico of Sangiovese. The moderate acidity, fruit notes and lingering finish never overpowers the luscious veges on the pizza.
Tenuta di Nozzole Chianti Classico Riserva 2020
Our Prosciutto and Funghi Pizza will *sing* with sips of sparkling Lambrusco. This isn't your mother's Lambrusco either - I've had this specific bubbly and it's flavorful and fun.
Venturini Baldini Montelocco Lambrusco
With the abundant flavors of Salsiccia Pizza, go out on a limb and pop for a rich and lush Amarone from the Veneto region. This choice has intense aromas of cherries and blackberries with spice notes of cinnamon and pepper. On the palate the wine has...
Bertani Amarone della Valpolicella Valpantena 2020