PIC - that would be my Partner In Crime - had been longing to make another trek to Va La, not only for their outstanding wines, but they had wood fired pizza and jazz in the little vineyard! Believe me when I tell you that we need no reason beyond the wine to make the 50 mile trip to Avondale, PA; however, the Glenn E. Williams Jazz Trio and pizza did make it a festive holiday weekend destination.
The pizza, by Chef Matthew Hans http://www.woodfiredpizzatruck.com/, turned out to be awesome! We tried three of the day's offerings - El Blanco a white pizza; 'Wilbur', a wild boar sausage, spinach, and red onion pie; and The Spicy Italian, a hot italian sausage, pepperoni, jalapenos, and parmesan pie. The pizzas are about 10" and serve one to two people, depending on how hungry you are...we were obviously pretty hungry!
We started with perfectly chilled glasses of Silk to accompany our half white, half Wilbur pizza. A rosato, Silk is a blend of barbera, carmine, petit verdot, nebbiolo, corvina veronese, and whatever else is hanging around the cellar. It is what PIC calls a red wine drinkers rose. Complex and deep in color, it drinks beautifully at room temperature or slightly chilled.
When we moved on to The Spicy Italian - I said we were hungry - I stayed with Silk but PIC switched to Cinderbox, an earthy, rustico styled red made from Carmine. Both were perfect pairings for the pizza.
With our bellies stuffed, we relaxed in the little vineyard on a beautiful summer afternoon enjoying the jazz and wishing we lived closer..or not, that could be very dangerous!
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