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Pepperoni pizza
Pepperoni pizza combines sharp tomato, salty, melting cheese and spicy, fatty sausage, so the wine needs high acidity for the tomato and bright fruit for the spice. Firm tannin turns metallic against tomato and cheese, and high alcohol makes the chilli in the pepperoni burn. A juicy, lively red is the natural answer.
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