Pairing Fowl and Wine
What wine goes best with Pheasant, Duck, and Quail?...A Fine Wine and Fowl Pairing
Which wine with fowl? Which fowl with wine?
Remember, if you cook your fowl in a wine that you wouldn't, couldn't, shouldn't drink you may end up with a foul dish. This delicious fowl, also known as poultry, was cooked in wine, and served with wine. It's usually a good idea to cook with the same wine that you'll be drinking. Don't ever cook with a wine that you won't drink. Of course if you are going to accompany your quail with a great vintage Burgundy from the back of your wine cellar, you may be forgiven for cooking it with a fine vintage Burgundy from the middle of your wine cellar. Life is full of compromises.
Choosing a Wine to Match Your Fowl Dish
Try some of these great combinations and you may not want to go back to chicken. But some of our chicken and wine pairings are great as well. Whether you select your wine or your fowl dish first, check our tables to get a great match that brings out the best in the fowl and the wine. There's nothing like the right wine and food marriage.
The following table presents food and wine pairing information, sorted by
fowl dish. When you click on any fowl dish a new page pops up telling you more about that dish and providing additional
wine suggestions.
| Poultry Dish | Recommended Wines |
|---|---|
| Confit de Duck | Beaujolais, Shiraz, Zinfandel |
| Duck | Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot |
| Duck à l'orange | Gewurztraminer, Pino Bianco, Pinot Noir |
| Game Hen | Beaujolais, Merlot |
| Pheasant | Bordeaux (Red), Hermitage, Syrah |
| Quail | Bandol, Burgundy (Red), Pinot Noir |
| Roast Duck | Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Côte Rotie, Pinot Noir |
| Roast Goose | Chinon, Pinot Noir (Oregon or Calif.) |
| Roast Turkey | Beaujolais, Côtes du Rhône, Zinfandel |
The following table presents wine and food pairing information, sorted by wine, rather than by
fowl dish. When you click on any wine a new page pops up telling you what you need to know about that
wine. This short page makes specific purchase recommendations, usually in three price ranges.
| Wine | Wine Type | Recommended Poultry Dish |
|---|---|---|
| Bandol | Powerful French Red | Quail |
| Beaujolais | Fruity French Red | Confit de Duck, Game Hen |
| Beaujolais | Fruity French Red | Roast Turkey |
| Bordeaux (Red) | Classic French Wine | Pheasant |
| Burgundy (Red) | Classic French Wine | Quail |
| Chateauneuf-du-Pape | Classic French Red | Roast Duck |
| Chinon | Light French Red | Roast Goose |
| Côte Rotie | Classic French Red | Roast Duck |
| Côtes du Rhône | French Red | Roast Turkey |
| Gewurztraminer | White Variety | Duck à l'orange |
| Hermitage | Classic French Red | Pheasant |
| Merlot | Red Variety | Duck, Game Hen |
| Pino Bianco | White Variety | Duck à l'orange |
| Pinot Noir | Red Variety | Duck à l'orange, Quail, Roast Duck |
| Pinot Noir (Ore. or Calif.) | Red Variety | Roast Goose |
| Shiraz | Red Variety | Confit de Duck |
| Syrah | Red Variety | Pheasant |
| Zinfandel | Red Variety | Confit de Duck, Roast Turkey |
For my food pairing experiences with French wine read
For my food pairing experiences with German wine read
For my food pairing experiences with Italian wine read
If you are looking for information on the best wine to accompany fowl, if you want to know which wine goes with a specific fowl dish or which fowl dish goes with which wine, this is your site for fowl and wine pairings.