Pairing Chicken and Wine
What wine goes best with Roast Chicken, Fried Chicken, Coq au Vin?...A Fine Wine and Cheese Pairing
A Fine Wine and Chicken Pairing
Which wine with chicken? Which chicken with wine?
This is one special chicken dish. Morel mushrooms are top of the line. The chicken used was a Poulet de Bresse, France's best chicken. Let's hope that the wine was up to the challenge. Let's hope that it didn't chicken out.
Choosing a Wine to Match Your Chicken Dish
At the risk of repeating myself, while chicken is a "white" meat many of the suggested pairings are with red wines. Depending on the dish, sometimes the proposed reds are powerful ones. But if you feel like a white wine, there still are plenty of suggested chicken dishes. And guess what, you don't have to follow these "rules." As always, you may take into consideration the spicing, the accompaniments, and sauce, if any. Enjoy! Whether you select your wine or your chicken dish first, check our tables to get a great match that brings out the best in the chicken and the wine. There's nothing like the right wine and food marriage.
The following table presents food and wine pairing information, sorted by
chicken dish. When you click on any chicken dish a new page pops up telling you more about that dish and providing additional
wine suggestions.
The following table presents wine and food pairing information, sorted by wine, rather than by
chicken 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 Chicken Dish |
|---|---|---|
| Barolo | Powerful Italian Red | Coq au Vin |
| Beaujolais | Fruity French Red | Barbequed Chicken, Fried Chicken |
| Beaujolais | Fruity French Red | Roast Chicken |
| Burgundy(Red) | Classic French Wine | Coq au Vin |
| Burgundy(White) | Classic French Wine | Chicken Kiev |
| Cabernet Sauvignon | Red Variety | Roast Chicken |
| Chardonnay | White Variety | Roast Chicken |
| Chenin Blanc | White Variety | Barbequed Chicken, Fried Chicken |
| Chianti | Italian Red | Chicken Tetrazzini, Chicken Cacciatore |
| Gewurztraminer | White Variety | Chicken Curry, Chicken Stir Fry |
| Merlot | Red Variety | Roast Chicken |
| Nebbiolo | Red Variety | Chicken Cacciatore |
| Pinot Gris (Alsace) | White Variety | Chicken Stir Fry |
| Ribera del Duero | Classic Spanish Red | Coq au Vin |
| Riesling | White Variety | Barbequed Chicken, Chicken Curry |
| Riesling | White Variety | Chicken Kiev, Chicken Stir Fry |
| Sauvignon Blanc | White Variety | Chicken Curry, Fried Chicken |
| Viognier | White Variety | Chicken Tetrazzini |
| Zinfandel | Red Variety | Chicken Cacciatore |
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 chicken, if you want to know which wine goes with a specific chicken dish or which chicken dish goes with which wine, this is your site for chicken and wine pairings.