This Friday Pizza Pilgrims are launching their first of a series of ‘Pizza Academy’ events, ‘Club Del Vino’, celebrating all things Italian with an evening of carefully curated Italian wine and pizza pairings at Pizza Pilgrims City (Old Broad Street).

Club Del Vino will be a culinary journey around Italy, based on founders Thom & James’ life changing pilgrimage to Naples back in 2011. It will be a chance to learn about what makes pizza in Naples so special such as the flour from the famous Caputo Mill, while exploring everything from the flavours of Prosecco and Mushroom & Truffle to Montepulciano and Nduja.

Hosted by wine sommelier extraordinaire, Debbie Kerr from Milton Sanford wines, expect an authentic Mediterranean roundtrip starting with antipasti, followed by pizza and wine pairings, and ending the experience in true Italian style with a shot of espresso.

Pizza and wine pairings include Mushroom & Truffle – Pinot Grigio Anselmi, Guisseppi and Luigi Friuli, and Nduja – Bajo Montepulciano, Cantine Ilauri Abruzzo.