Food & Wine Matching - Pizza
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Recommendations
for wine pairings vary, depending on the toppings. For seafood pizzas,
try an unoaked drier style Chardonnay. , while meat pizzas call for
a Shiraz or red blends. Beware of pineapple toppings - the acidity
in the pineapple affects the palate making most wine styles unsuitable. |
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Meal Matching - Introduction
Overview
| One of the great pleasures of drinking
wine is matching it with equally mouth-watering food.
Traditionally, red wine with meat and white with fish are
no longer flexible enough to accommodate the multi-cultural
taste influences that modern cuisine reflects. Common sense
dictates that every wine experience should start with taste.
When pairing food and wine, you should keep in mind that you
are trying to find balance and harmony – balance between
flavours, textures, intensity and taste. To increase your
chances of a successful match, consider how the food was prepared,
seasoned, the texture and also any accompaniments. Food and
wine has its own flavour and texture, so too does every palate.
So please use this tool as a guide only. There are no hard
and fast rules, rights or wrongs. Just experiment to find
your matching ideas. |
Pizza - Cheese & TomatoClick
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Chardonnay, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot,
Shiraz Blends
Fresh, preferably Unoaked Chardonnays or Chardonnay Sauvignon
Blanc blends
complement the basic tomato and mozzarella topping. Fruity
but light, young Merlot or Shiraz blends are particularly
good when herbs, onion and a mix of cheeses ae added.
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Pizza - Meat Feast
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Shiraz, Shiraz Blends,
Shiraz Grenache, Rose
Choose BIG, or then, huge flavoursome reds, such as peppery
Shiraz, or Shiraz blends, which can stand upto the medley
of ingredients. Or better still, chill a fruity dry rose to
refresh the palate between mouthfulls. |
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Pizza - Seafood
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Chardonnay, Sparkling Blanc de Blancs, Semillon
Chardonnay, Colombard Blends
A gourmet seafood pizza, made with fresh grilled
tuna and shellfish, deserves an elegant dry, ideally unoaked
Chardonnay. A sparkling dry Blanc de Blancs works well. A
simple Chardonnay / Semillon / Colombard mix will lift the
tuna and olives version to another dimension. |
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Pizza - Chicken
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Chardonnay, Merlot, Pinot Noir Rose
A rich buttery Chardonnay or a full-bodied Pinot Grigio work
well here. A simple Merlot will pair the red fruits with the
BBQ chicken flavors of the pizza. The cool, crisp flavours
of the Rose work in harmony with the Pizza and give a delicious
lasting impression. |
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Pizza - Vegetarian
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Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot , Pinot
Noir
Chardonnay, Chardonnay blends or an aromatic Sauvignon Blanc
are good accompaniments to a vegetarian pizza. When served
loaded with veges and olives, ie the full works, a young light
to Medium bodied Merlot or Pinot Noir will satisfy. |
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