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Chicken and poultry pair well with both red and white wines, giving you more variety in your choices. With white wines, try to match the intensity of the wine with the intensity of the dish. For instance, when you have white meats with green herbs, Sauvignon Blanc from Australia, California, Chile or Italy state work well. Poached and other delicately prepared white meats, like paté, go best with wines like Chenin Blanc.

 

Even though white wines go well with white meats, darker chicken and poultry go well with light aromatic and medium-bodied red wines. When you flavor chicken and poultry with a soy-based sauce like teriyaki, pair it with Schiava. Many people enjoy Zinfandel with turkey, so they consider it the best Thanksgiving wine. Other types of poultry also have classic pairings. Most people automatically pair Pinot Noir with dishes that contain duck. If you serve a cold dish like chicken salad or turkey sandwiches, look to Brachetto.