Wine Pairing for Shrimp in Pesto Cream Sauce?

[Minneapolis Mark]

Later this month I'm going to be serving a dish of large shrimp that have simmered in a pesto cream sauce, which will be served over brown rice cooked with pancetta, fennel, & leek. I'm wondering what you may suggest for a wine to accompany? I'd like to offer both red and white -- maybe something no more than $25 each? Thanks much!

[mpls3467]

Mark,

I also make a shrimp pesto and have have 2 suggestions:
Ferrari Carrano Chardonnay
La Crema Chardonnay

Let us know how things turned out.

[Minneapolis Mark]

Thanks all -- I totally enjoyed the "peace & love approach"! Thanks for all the suggestions!

[Pixelle]

I'd avoid any aromatic or fruity wine woth pesto: the strong pesto sauce taste won't allow you to comletely enjoy the delicate fruity notes of most aromatic wines.
I'd suggest you a Pigato (a dry, firm white wine from Liguria, the same Italian region where Pesto comes from), a Poully fumè (a dry, mild acid France Wine) or a good Barrique Chardonnay wine.

[whiner]

White: Alsatian Pinot Gris (AVOID Italian Pinot Grigio) or Gewurztraminer, Trentino Alto Adige Gewurztraminer, or Austrian Riesling.

Red: Cru Beaujolais, but white is a better option.

[bulavinaka]

Viogner or sparkling rose.

[carswell]

Ditto both these suggestions.

[mengathon]

A quality Vermentino di Gallura from Sardinia or a falanghina from Campania for white I think is best. Bubbles always work. Rose would go pretty well. Red? I'd probably stay away as well.

[ibstatguy]

I'll second the bubbles

[maria lorraine]

I'll third Rose bubbles both here and below.
So maybe that's a fifth. Dunno.

[RicRios]

Shrimp w/pesto is a panzer division marching in.
I'd only confront it with the peace & love approach.
Say pinot grigio, even prosecco on the white front, leave the reds out of the picture.