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Wine Pairings for Wings

By Food & Wine
Updated January 17, 2017
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Honey-Chile Chicken Wings

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Tim Wood, the chef at Carmel Valley Ranch in California, avoids the deep fryer and opts to broil or grill his chicken wings, which turns them supercrispy. A soy-and-honey glaze makes them sweet, sticky and salty.

Pairing: 2008 SKN Merlot

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Sticky Miso Chicken Wings

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Combining miso with lime, ginger, fish sauce and sugar creates a terrific sweet-sour glaze for crispy baked chicken wings.

Pairing: 2009 Hardys Nottage Hill Pinot Noir

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Hot-and-Sticky Lemon-Pepper Chicken Wings

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Richard Blais explores his British roots at his Atlanta restaurant, The Spence. Lemon curd and malt liquor—both British in origin—are the surprise ingredients in his stellar chicken wings.

Pairing: NV Anna de Codorníu Brut

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Jamaican Jerk Hot Wings

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These tasty wings are best with Frank's Red Sauce.

Pairing: 2009 Georges Duboeuf “Flower Label” Morgon

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Baked Buffalo Chicken Wings

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Most of us think of Buffalo wings as bar food, but with their accompaniment of celery sticks and creamy blue-cheese dressing, they make a fine casual meal. These wings are hot, but if you like them incendiary, pass extra Tabasco sauce at the table.

Pairing: NV Gruet Brut

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Smokin' Sweet Chicken Wings with Cherry Barbecue Glaze

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Cherry preserves with habanero chile create a fabulously sticky, sweet and spicy glaze for grilled chicken wings. Glaze them just before serving so the sugars don’t burn.

Pairing: 2009 Qupé Syrah

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Chicken Wings with Molasses Barbecue Sauce

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These super-flavorful crusty wings come from Adam Perry Lang, founder of NYC’s Daisy May’s BBQ and author of Charred & Scruffed. They are fantastic with or without Lang's sweet-and-sticky barbecue sauce.

Pairing: 2009 High Note Elevated Malbec

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Pepper and Salt Chicken Wings

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Black and white pepper have an intense, delicious heat that, in tandem with coarse salt, makes a crisp, spicy coating for chicken wings.

Pairing: 2011 Acrobat Pinot Gris

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Peppery Chicken Wings

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This savory dish is fast and easy to make, with only a handful of ingredients.

Pairing: 2010 Goats do Roam Rosé

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Ike's Vietnamese Fish Sauce Wings

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Chef-owner Andy Ricker, who takes annual trips to Southeast Asia, first tried fish sauce wings at a roadside stand in Saigon seven years ago. He scribbled down his guess at the ingredients on a paper napkin, which he carried with him until Pok Pok opened.

Pairing: 2011 Milbrandt Tradition Riesling

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1 of 10 Honey-Chile Chicken Wings
2 of 10 Sticky Miso Chicken Wings
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