If you've finally mastered a basic restaurant wine list, but have no idea what to to do when Italian wines get tossed in, here's a handy cheat sheet that'll get you started. Nicole Gammino, publisher of the online newsletter WeeklyCrush.com, helps us sort through the greasy grapes.

Sangiovese (as in Chianti)

If you like... Pinot Noir

Goes best with: Pizza, red-sauced pastas; great for white fishes

Thrillist insight: Very dry -- but fruity. Like drinking a sour cherry hand towel.

Dolcetto

If you like... Pinot Noir

Goes best with: Pizza, pastas with mushroom sauce

Thrillist insight: Light body, low acid, bright berry and licorice flavors -- but not in a Good N' Plenty kind of way.

Nero d'Avola

If you like... California Syrah

Goes best with: Red Meats

Thrillist insight: Tanin-y, super smooth. Billy Dee Williams in a glass.

Negroamaro

If you like... Merlot, Cabernet Franc

Goes best with: Roasted Chicken

Thrillist insight: Bitter cherries, medicinal infusion. All the more reason to stop sipping Robitussin at parties.

Lagrein

If you like... Calif. Cab or Syrah

Goes best with: Veal, lamb -- any flavor with a spicy edge

Thrillist insight: Picture red Zinfandel, Cabernet, and a spicy prune having a threesome in your mouth.

Vermentino

If you like... Un-oaked Chardonnay

Goes best with: Pesto'd pasta, risotto, heavy fish like sea bass

Thrillist insight: Full-bodied, beefed-up white wine. This white would fail HGH testing.

Greco di Tufo

If you like... Sancerre, South African Sauvignon Blanc

Goes best with: Shellfish

Thrillist insight: There is NO OAK. This is a private fruit party for lemons and apples.

Verdicchio

If you like... Pinot Grigio

Goes best with: Fried fish, crab cakes

Thrillist insight: Light, tangy, citrus-flavor -- is your masculinity still intact?

Moscato d' Asti

If you like... Asti Spumante

Goes best with: Strawberry shortcake

Thrillist insight: With honey, apricot, and orange flavors, this is the fancy guest soap of sparkling wine.

Vin Santo

If you like... Port

Goes best with: Itself

Thrillist insight: Nuts and raisins dominate the flavor, but it manages to avoid tasting like crappy cereal.