Top 10 : Pizza Wines

By: Anthony Gismondi & Treve Ring

When the moon meets your eye like a big pizza pie

Top Ten

Pizza night presents a terrific opportunity to learn a bit about food and wine matching without dropping a lot of dough.

Get it? All the basics apply. Think weight, acidity, finesse, spicing, situation and price: all the things you encounter with any food and wine match. If you're into rustic mushroom and sausage, go for that gutsy and earthy red. If it’s a classic Margherita, pop a fizz, or lighter, chilled red. Arugula calls for steely, crisp whites, tomatoes love rosé, cream-bases crave textural creamy whites. Mix slices, glasses and have fun. Pizza is unpretentious and accessable and affordable, so we've chosen wines that are as well. Here are our Top 10 Pizza Wines for your pizza muching, eclipse-watching, summer-soaking end of August.

89/100Domaine La Rosière Jongieux 2015Savoie, France

89/100Les Epinats Saumur Cabernet Franc 2015France

88/100Laya Garnacha Monastrell Vieilles Vignes 2015Almansa, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

89/100Graffigna Malbec 2015San Juan, Argentina

88/100Barone Ricasoli Chianti 2014Tuscany, Italy

88/100Concerto Reggiano Lambrusco 2014Emilia-Romagna, Italy

88/100Spier Chenin Blanc 2016Western Cape, South Africa

88/100Hardys William Hardy Chardonnay Limestone Coast 2016Limestone Coast, South Australia, Australia

89/100Haywire Gamay Noir Rosé Secrest Mountain Vineyard 2016Summerland, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

89/100Niepoort Dialogo 2014Douro Valley, Northern Portugal, Portugal

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Anthony Gismondi & Treve Ring

Every week Treve Ring and Anthony Gismondi collaborate on our Top Ten list, released on Thursday morning, often with a timely theme. If you count carefully the list will more than likely exceed ten names but only because we believe if any wine is tied by a score that makes our list it should be included. We know many of you are wine savvy and can do your own sleuthing to locate our weekly picks but for those who asked: BCLS means it is sold in government retail stores; when we say private wine shops we mean it could be in any private wine shop or liquor retail store (LRS); winery direct means check with the winery online. If it’s not sold in BC we usually try and give you a suggested retail price. Prices change hourly in BC – the price we post is what we are given at publication.