Pizza and beer is the winning combination, until you try pairing pizza with Champagne. In actual fact, there are as many pizzas to choose as there are possibilities to pair them. The sweetness of the pizza base is set off perfectly by the spumante, but when the toppings are more savoury, the choice of wine can range from a still white to a red, provided it is young and fresh. Many spumante, from Franciacorta to Champagne, create a wonderful harmony of taste with pizza, as do certain Lambrusco wines. A tip that always applies is to choose still wines if the pizza toppings include hot (e.g. chilli and spicy salame) or bitterish (e.g. radicchio or gorgonzola) ingredients. But if you find the choice difficult, buying the right wines for pizza can be facilitated by following our sommeliers’ tips on the best choices to accompany this Italian national dish.