I saw this issue on the Newstand, in Montreal, a week ago!

Pass

Like VT2IT, I couldn't believe the lackluster representation of Italian for 'pizza wines'.
Lost credibility on the spot. <empty suit razz>

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Originally posted by KSC02:
I saw this issue on the Newstand, in Montreal, a week ago!

Pass

Like VT2IT, I couldn't believe the lackluster representation of Italian for 'pizza wines'.
Lost credibility on the spot. <empty suit razz>

If discussing traditional pizza with a tomato based sauce...maybe they don't want to pair acid with more acid!

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Originally posted by Chilepepper:
If discussing traditional pizza with a tomato based sauce...maybe they don't want to pair acid with more acid!

Possibe, but unlikely.

More realistic, I thought, was their decision to target a larger reader base by appealing to a more 'pedestrian' palate.

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Originally posted by VT2IT:

The strangest part of the article was the list of over 100 wines to have with pizza. Exactly one Italian bottle on the list.

But look who put the list together.

I agree, ridiculous.

I always have beer with pizza... and sushi. If I do have a rare wine with pizza, it tends to be a simple zin. Though a primitivo, Nero d'Avola, or Montepulciano d'Abruzzo should go well.

Just checked the Wine Spectator Food & Wine Matching page online and they don't list pizza. Interesting.

Pizza is one of my favorite things to make at home. There are just so many variations; it never gets old for me. I used to make dough at home, but now I mostly buy freshly made dough from a local pizza place or like someone mentioned earlier, the dough at trader joes is actually pretty good for $1.

The wife and I are in LA a lot (work, laker-dodger games) and we often make time to swing by pizzeria mozza. I know it’s a trendy spot, but their pizza is absolutely phenomenal.

Favorite wine with a tomato based pizza is Barbera hands down. So simple, but so good!

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Originally posted by GlennK:
The wife and I are in LA a lot (work, laker-dodger games)

Too bad you couldn't be in LA for a good reason. Or are there any good reasons to be in LA?!?!?!?!?!?

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Originally posted by Dom'n'Vin'sDad:

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Originally posted by GlennK:
The wife and I are in LA a lot (work, laker-dodger games)

Too bad you couldn't be in LA for a good reason. Or are there any good reasons to be in LA?!?!?!?!?!?

Hey, the 3rd through the 7th inning of dodger games are really exciting

Some of my happiest memories as a kid was making pizza with my Italian great grandmother and grandmother at dinner time. It is so easy (you can even buy your dough,) and brings friends and family together for the event.

Last night I did a chicken-basil pesto, an artichoke, red onion and tapenade, pep/mushroom, and margherita pizza---all on the grill (usually I do it by oven).

So, to answer the question, I spend nothing on pizza places. I just buy the ingredients.

PS Having an herb garden helps immensely.

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Originally posted by vinoman7:
Interesting..... still waiting on my issue also. I tend to make my own pizza more than order out though.

Wow! Are you sure you haven't overlooked it. My July 30 issue (Tribute to Robert Mondavi) arrived the 20th.

As far as pizza spending, when we were a family with school age kids and two working parents, we went way over the average. Now that the kids have grown, my wife has taken a lining to Serious Pie and Via Tribunali, so we are still way over.

Zero $ to the anchovies.

Nope, never came. I usually get mine as soon as it comes out. I contacted WS and they were great about it. I just received a copy in the mail Saturday after I emailed them. Still waiting on my July 30 issue though.

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Originally posted by TBird:
i can go to italy a few times a year with the mileage earned from pizza purchases. difara's, lucali's, totonno's, franny's, lazarra's, artichoke, anthony's, lombardi's, grimaldi's, l&b...

My girfriend recently promised to take me on a pizza tour of her native brooklyn. Having no real authentic pizzaria's anywhere near me, I pretty much can't wait to go.

you pretty much will have one helluva good time, my friend. if you wanna post it, we'll join ya. difara's you can bring your own wine, not that it's the kind of place where ya really wanna. lucali's too.

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Originally posted by Hank Champagne:

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Originally posted by TBird:
i can go to italy a few times a year with the mileage earned from pizza purchases. difara's, lucali's, totonno's, franny's, lazarra's, artichoke, anthony's, lombardi's, grimaldi's, l&b...

My girfriend recently promised to take me on a pizza tour of her native brooklyn. Having no real authentic pizzaria's anywhere near me, I pretty much can't wait to go.

Yeah I'll defanitally let you know when I'm coming down. I'm hoping sometime in late July if our schedule's permit.

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Originally posted by pape du neuf:

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Originally posted by vinoman7:
Interesting..... still waiting on my issue also. I tend to make my own pizza more than order out though.

Wow! Are you sure you haven't overlooked it. My July 30 issue (Tribute to Robert Mondavi) arrived the 20th.

I received the "Pizza Issue" over two weeks ago, I wasn't very impressed. The "Mondavi Issue" arrived yesterday.

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Originally posted by gigabit:


I wasn't very impressed.

...with the pizza or the California Chardonnay?

$0 on anchovies, and probably about $100 a year/person on pizza.

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by gigabit:


I wasn't very impressed with the glaring omission of Heineken as the ideal pairing for pizza.

...with the pizza or the California Chardonnay?

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Originally posted by spo:
$106-$150. Probably more if Fillipi's Pizza Grotto was closer. The one in my neck of the woods is long closed, the other is downtown, 30 minutes away. I like Italian wine, but the ideal pairing for me is a Coca-Cola Classic.

Huh??? Did they change ownership or something. It was good, but nothing to write home about, back in the day. I always went to Tosca's in PB in the late 80s-mid 90s. Heck, Pogo pizza in Horton Plaza did a pretty good job with a basic slice.

As far as the Pizza issue, heck, I liked it, and thought it was okay to get away from purely vino for an edition. Well written, interesting, but I found the "celebrity" sidebars a bit trite.

Pizza and Peroni!!

Just sausage, anchovies, and cheese