Nick:
First (as I type this with the only hangover I've head in at last 20 years) I'm impressed with Nudeyorker's preference for a cheeky pinot noir -- my favorite. Good ones have a beautiful, clear garnet color and are dry with some nice notes of autumn fruits, and have a clean finish. Most pinot noirs would do. But just good old-fashioned plain pinots (red ones) would work. I left the world of cabernets, sauvignions, and malbecs long ago. To me they are like drinking blood: too thick. And for those LPSG-ers who indulge in pizza covered in pineapple slices and ham, there is only ONE correct beverage to complement that "unique" food: Orange Crush.
An 'Mericuhn wine bottle, or 5th, is designed to serve four people (six if you're cheap). That's four glasses of wine per bottle. I hope you boyze arrived with more than one bottle. I'm also curious as to Nudeyorker's culinary skills with the pizza. How was it? Any interesting toppings (pine nuts, sun-dried tomatoes, white anchovies) we should know about? Does he use an age-old family recipe or does he experiment with recommendations from the Martha Stewart school of "fusion" pizza? Inquiring minds want to know.
Despite the request for a pinot, chianti is the traditional wine served with pizza. But you have to spend about $30 a bottle for a palatable and drinkable bottle (unless Nudeyorker was hosting a theme dinner where you were required to show up in 1950's Beat-era attire and paperbakc dog-eared copies of Howl in your back pockets).
Last night The Squeeze and I sucked down a $385 Jereboam of vintage French Champagne. That's approximately 3.4 liters of headache juice. It seemed like a good idea at the time. There's a second Jereboam of the same vintage at the bottom of the refrigerator. Despite the cachét, I'm tempted to cover that second Jereboam with florescent-orange biohazard stickers. We had two medium pizzas and a dozen empanadas delivered. Fortunately, today is a national holiday where we're at so there's no need to even move, except to suck down more ice-cold Villavicencio (Argentinas' answer to Perrier). Still, a Ramos Fizz couldn't hurt.
Regardless, please keep us posted with a review of your evening.