On May 29 we organized a gourmet evening with pizza tasting and wines from our Francesco Maggi Winery.
The event was held at Pizzeria Al Castello, Pavia.
We can say that we celebrated. In what sense celebrated? Yes, because the evening coincided with an important milestone for this pizzeria, whose venture began in May 2000: an impressive 25 years in business!
🍾 We were pleased, all the more, to open the dances
by toasting with our Charmat Extra Dry Method Sparkling Wine 2278,
paired with a very good pinsa topped with
– burrata
– pine nuts
– raisins
– anchovies
– lemon zest.
🍕 The deliciousness continued with our Cortese Quarti wine and a white pizza with fior di latte mozzarella, salmon, cream, thyme, and a sprinkling of black pepper.
Quarti is a crisp white that, without covering the delicate taste of mozzarella and cream, mitigates the fattiness.
🍕Third course with an extraordinary pizza: fior di latte mozzarella, mostrada di Cremona, gorgonzola and salami.
We paired it with our Rosato Castelline, which meets with both cured meats and cheeses, so it’s great for this pizza that has both ingredients.
🥫We then moved on to a red pizza: tomato, Brà sausage, spadellati porcini mushrooms and raspadura.
Here a red wine came into play and, specifically, our Bonarda Fatum, fantastic in enhancing the flavor of the sausage.
🍕 In closing, we enjoyed a pizza with fior di latte mozzarella, bitto, sage, braised pot roast with its sauce, and polenta gratin.
What wine did we match? Him, the Buttafuoco Abbondanza! A full-bodied wine for a pizza of great character.
🥂 We didn’t actually end with this pizza… we also made room for an exquisite dessert:
a millefeuille with custard and fruit. Of course, in the goblet we poured our Moscato!
There was more than just eating and drinking, as Marco told the participants how the winery works, what the wines are like one by one, even some anecdotes about the names he chose for the wines.
After a super night like this you can:
- Decide not to miss the other food and wine events we organize throughout the year 👍
- go to taste gourmet pizzas at Al Castello restaurant (you will also find our wines) 🍕 🍷
- take inspiration for your next pizzas at home by pairing them with our wines, to be ordered and received at home or picked up directly from us at the Cantina.💡
We also gave numerous pairing ideas in this March article of our blog: Wine & Food: Pizza and Wines – Cantina Maggi Francesco - Arrange not to miss any of these opportunities to eat and drink well and tastefully 😉
