Christmas: sweet sparkling wine best pairing with panettone

- For the Christmas toast, the great Italian classics win: a sweet sparkling wine, nice ice cream, is the best pairing with the recurring sweets, panettone and pandoro, when they are not stuffed. To tell ANSA is Marco Sabellico, historical curator of the Vini d'Italia guide of Gambero Rosso. '' We have the classics, and then we attach importance to the great national tradition. - underlines the expert taster - The most famous is the Moscato d'Asti, in the different versions. We choose a small vintner who makes a good Docg.

While if the leavened from the holidays has chocolate or berries, for example, the combination with Brachetto d'Acqui or Malvasia di Castelnuovo Don Bosco Doc or, still among sweet wines, a sparkling Freisa. There is a whole world in many ways yet to be discovered and the end of year parties can be a good occasion, also because they degrease the end of the meal.

Moving to Veneto, with leavened sweets the ideal match is with Prosecco Dry and with Cartizze Dry. The combination of pandoro and panettone is also excellent with Recioto di Soave, Recioto della Valpolicella, as well as with Torcolato di Breganze. We are the country - Sabellico recalls - with the greatest production of sweet wines and we are witnessing a revival of interest in these realities. In Calabria I have tasted interesting and rare Moscato di Saracena and Terre di Gerace Bianco ''.

If foie gras, blue cheeses or desserts and creamy pastries are provided on the Christmas table, for the editor of the Vini d'Italia del Gambero Rosso guide, '' the ideal choice is to move on Tuscan Vin Santo, an excellence not to be missed. to lose, like Vernaccia di Oristano and Muffato di Orvieto, beyond all the passito wines. The white vermouth of Turin with pandoro is there, let's say it is a nice provocation and an opportunity to taste by virtue of the enhancement of the historical production disciplinary.

At the end of the meal, between a chat, a crunchy, nougats, dried fruit and a cigar, the raisin wines and the many bitters of the different Italian territories are welcome. Chocolate can be combined, taboo must be dispelled, and it goes well with red vermouth '' (ANSA).