Food and wine
What wine goes with pizza?
For pizza, start with Sangiovese, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo or Nero d'Avola. Barello is a home cellar and bar app that tells you what to open tonight, what to keep, and what you can mix from what you have.
Pick by what you like
A wine's age counts from its vintage, the year on the label.
Red
Sangiovese
dry, medium to full-bodied
It's the grape behind Chianti, and its fresh acidity stands up to tomato sauce.
Drink it between 3 and 12 years after its vintage. It's best about 6 years in.
Red
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
dry, medium to full-bodied
It's an everyday Italian red, soft and fruity, made for pizza and pasta.
Drink it between 2 and 10 years after its vintage. It's best about 5 years in.
Red
Nero d'Avola
dry, medium to full-bodied
Sicily's main red is ripe and juicy, and it handles tomato and melted cheese.
Drink it between 2 and 9 years after its vintage. It's best about 4 years in.
Sparkling
Sparkling wine
The bubbles cut through melted cheese and keep each slice tasting fresh.
If there's a year on the label, drink it within 6 years of it. Without one, drink it soon.
These ages assume you keep the wine somewhere cool. If yours is somewhere warmer, open it sooner.
Other good matches
With the tomato base, you could also open Cabernet Franc.
With the cheese, you could also open Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot or Tempranillo.
And a cocktail
Try a Manhattan, an Old Fashioned or a Whisky Sour. Whisky goes well with the cheese.
Add your bottles, tell Barello what's for dinner, and it picks one that's ready to drink.
Join freeQuestions people ask
What wine goes with pizza?
Start with Sangiovese, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo or Nero d'Avola.
How old should the Sangiovese be?
Drink it between 3 and 12 years after the vintage, the year on the label. It's best about 6 years in.
What cocktail goes with pizza?
Try a Manhattan, an Old Fashioned or a Whisky Sour. Whisky goes well with the cheese.
Sources: Wine Folly and the University of Adelaide.