Pairing Fowl and Wine

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

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. 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.

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
Quail	Bandol, Burgundy (Red), Pinot Noir
Pheasant	Bordeaux (Red), Hermitage, Syrah
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

My French wine articles
For my food pairing experiences with German wine read
My German wine articles
For my food pairing experiences with Italian wine read
My Italian wine articles

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