Choosing specific white wine for cooking

[JDMericle]

Hello,
I am looking for which wine would be best to use in cooking a lemon sauce for a chicken scallopine dish; I am not particularly sophisticated in the areas of cooking or wine, but want to cook this dish to impress a boyfriend, and it calls for a white wine.

I have found general online suggestions that state that a dry white wine, generally a sauvignon blanc, would be the safest choice. Is this correct? Any specific wine suggestions? Looking to spend up to $20. Any suggestions greatly appreciated!!

[hotwine]

Welcome to the board, JD. I agree that a Sauvignon Blanc would be the safest choice, and most readily available. There are many on the market: those from New Zealand are getting rave reviews, but for cooking, you could choose one like Kendall-Jackson, at $8-$10. Or a nice Sancerre from the Loire region of France; that might run more like $15-$20. Buy two, cook with one and serve the other chilled with dinner.