Chicken or Turkey

[Innkeeper]

Hi JLou, and welcome to the Wine Board. A lot depends on how each is roasted, and there are hundreds of possibilities. If the chicken is slathered with butter, the result is one of the few dishes I would like a buttery chardonnay with. If it is basted with fruit juice, a riesling of appropriate sweetness (depending on sweetness of the juice) would work fine.

Turkey in most of its guises also works very well with riesling. If spiciness is involved try a gewurztraminer. All bets are off if you a making a Thanksgiving type meal with stuffing and other side dishes offering vastly contrasting flavors and aromas. I aways go with a red with backbone such a red zinfandel with these meals.