The Insta-somm Pairing System

For example, Prosciutto and arugula pizza with pesto would match with the Green 1 or 2 wines. You could choose a white Vernaccia, a Cinsault rosé or a Cabernet Franc, if you wanted a red.

So I decide I want a white wine with my arugula, pesto and prosciutto pizza. I choose “Vernaccia.” Vernaccia is a white wine grape found in many Italian wines. The Vernaccia grape is most commonly associated with the wine Vernaccia di San Gimignano from the town of San Gimignano in Tuscany. It is one of the top wines from Tuscany, and the region’s first white wine with a DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita classification.) It is bright, citrusy, clean and crisp, with distinct notes of fennel and basil (which is why it works so well with pesto!)



Floral and herbal notes, citrus fruit, and a dry, crisp quality dominate the flavor of Vernaccia wine. It’s a medium-bodied wine with good acidity and a notable finish of flinty minerals or almonds, coming from the sand and clay soils of its environment (terroir).

"Panizzi was born with the first vintage of this wine, in 1989. Produced from grapes originating from the totality of our winery’s vineyards (Larniano, Montagnana, Santa Margherita, and Lazzeretto) Vernaccia Panizzi is the modern interpretation of an ancient wine full of history.” (winemakers notes)