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What wine with paella?

Food and wine pairing · classic benchmarks: the preparation and your taste come first.

Saffron, rice, land and sea on one plate: paella loves Spanish wines and dry rosés that bridge chicken, chorizo and shellfish. A characterful rosé is the safest call.

Rosé

Dry and vinous, it follows every ingredient without ever clashing.

• Tavel
• Côtes de Provence

White

With a seafood paella, a crisp, saline Iberian white.

• Rías Baixas
• Penedès

Red

With a mixed or chicken paella, a supple Spanish red.

• Navarra
• Rioja

How to use these pairings

A good pairing balances the dish and the wine: neither should dominate. The suggestions above are proven classics for the category, not rules: the preparation, the sauce and your taste matter more. When in doubt, the regional pairing (the wine from the dish's homeland) rarely fails.

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