Pizza Margherita

Pizza Margherita

The Margherita is a study in simplicity: bright tomato, milky mozzarella and fresh basil, with the tomato's acidity setting the terms. The wine must answer that acidity and stay light enough not to bully the cheese and herb. Avoid heavy tannin and oak.

Pairs Perfectly

A Frappato, Sicily, Italy. Pale, fragrant and low in tannin, its fresh cherry fruit dances with the tomato rather than fighting it.

Pairs Well

A Beaujolais, France. Gamay's juicy red fruit and soft structure make it one of the friendliest pizza reds there is.

A Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Italy. Supple, dark-fruited and inexpensive, it is the easy everyday bottle for a Friday pizza.

Avoid

Tannic, oaked reds and heavy whites, which trample the simple flavours and clash with the tomato.

Failing That

A Chianti, Italy.

If All Else Fails

Garnacha, Spain.

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