From what I gather, Marietta's Lot #s are pretty good year in and year out. I've had the #28 a few months ago and would agree it is an excellent wine with pizza.
I don't think calling a wine a 'pizza wine' is a sign of disrespect.
Heck, just in the past few months I've had a '98 Viader and a '99 Monbousquet with pizza (we eat pizza at least once a week).
The Marietta, to me, typified a simple, good quality, well-priced red wine - ideal for a light meal (BBQ, pasta with red sauce, pizza, etc.) preferably on a weeknight (hence the low price tag).
I wouldn't drink this with a beautiful filet topped with blue cheese & butter - but that's just me...
I wouldn't drink any good non-fortifeied red wine with bleu cheese. Calling any wine a pizza wine is a backhanded compliment. Would you call the '99 Monbousquet a pizza wine?
No, I suppose not. But I would say that the '99 Monbousquet went very well with the pizza just as well as the pizza went very well with the Monbousquet.
a gentle reminder: let's not forget that pizza, like any other food, can be gourmet and exceptional. pizza can also be awful just like fast food. so saying a wine is a great pizza wine does not suggest the wine is a good fast food (awful) wine or that the wine is of lesser quality. at least in my book
denotative (literal) v connotative (interpretive)meaning. many arguments & ruffled feathers occur when these are confused &/or your definition of a term does not mesh with mine.
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