What Wine

[society]

Usually when I serve pizza the beverage is Pepsi, beer and of course water. I would like to serve wine for a change. What wine do you suggest for my guests?

[woofgang]

red or white?

[Tilly2]

We have Pinot Grigio Rose with ours.

[Ellipsis]

The obvious would be a Valpolicella or a Chianti, maybe a Chianti Classico if the budget could stretch that far.

Alternatively, maybe a Chilean Merlot or Carménère ...

[237SJ]

I would go with a South African Chenin Blanc or a New Zealand (Marlborough) Sauvignon Blanc.

[237SJ]

If you want red, try a Concho Y Toro Carmeniere.

[society]

I'm not much a wine drinker, a glass once in a while. I am depending on your suggestions - red, white, rose anything you think suitable.

[DTCwordfan]

just pizza or anything else, society?

Upfront, personally, I would go for a lighter red wine, but one with a good flavour. Without breaking the bank, look at a good Cotes due Rhone Village - for a white wine an Ozzie Margaret River Semillion Blanc/Sauvignon Blanc blend (not too sharp and deep flavour to counter your pizzas, "The Parcel Series" from Majestic, £7-49 - if you want to go higher some of the Petaluma.

Or a Yalumba Viognier 2011 from the Eden Valley but that is £15, discounted if you buy 6.

[chaptazbru]

Blue Nun - my fave.

[society]

Nothing elaborate or fancy, just pizza, salad, and ice cream for dessert.

[chaptazbru]

That's why Blue Nun is good.

[mazie]

I'd go with a Marlborough

[Ellipsis]

What's the topping on the pizza, society? What sort of base is it?

And how much do you want to spend on the wine?

[society]

No meat, vegetable and cheese pies. I won't break the bank, but good tasting wine is important. 8 people altogether so I'm planning on buying a case of wine.

[Ellipsis]

Any chili peppers or pineapple? If not, you could go with my earlier suggestions for red. Maybe something like one of these:

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=255604878

For a white, I'd go for a Pinot Grigio, e.g.

http://www.tesco.com/wine/product/details/default.aspx?N=8130+4294967166&id=264485211

This time of year though, with the weather as it is, I'd go for red ...

[society]

No pineapple. Broccoli, mushrooms, peppers, red onion, olives, spinach, asparagus and buffalo mozzarella cheese. And I'm making my own tomato sauce.

[Zacs-Master]

A nice well chilled Viognier would stand up pretty well.