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[quote=Anonymous]The general advice is Rieslings and Gewurztraminers.  If your budget is about $10, the ones from Hogue or Chateau St. Michelle are a good entry point.  For a couple of dollars more, you can do better getting them from Alsace.  Willm, Hugel, and Trimbach are widely available brands at that price point.  If you can spend $20/bottle, Dr. Loosen is a good name to know in Riesling.  His German rieslings start at $20 and go up; Eroica, a Loosen joint venture in Washington, sells for about $20.  
(BTW, one tip when scanning unfamiliar bottles is to look at the bottle shape.  These German-style wines come in tall, skinny bottles.  If the bottle is fat at the bottom or has "shoulders," the wine is not in this family.)

I like a different white with spicy food:  Pine Ridge chenin blanc/viognier.  It's fresh and refreshing, goes with spicy (goes with everything, really), and you can find it on sale for about $11-12  (retail $14-15).  You could also go with a straight chenin blanc--Ken Forrester from South Africa is a good one (also in the $10-12 range), or get one from California.  Do not get one from France, it will be too austere for the spicy food.

For red, try Mark West pinot noir ($14-16, but you can find it on sale for $12 sometimes).  I find that a heavier red like Shiraz kind of fights with the heavier sauces and spices.  A lighter and silkier but still acidic wine cuts through it a bit, and since it's both lighter-bodied and lower in alcohol, you can drink more of it.

The PPs are correct that beer is also an excellent choice with Indian food, but that doesn't mean you can't have wine for wine drinkers.  On the beer side, go with a basic lager (or, second choice, pilsner).  Kingfisher is the most popular beer in India.  Devils Backbone Vienna Lager would be a good local craft choice.

Despite its name, India Pale Ale doesn't go very well--too many spicy flavors clashing, and it's not as crisp to cut through the spice as a blonde beer.  With Indian food I'd rather have a Budweiser or even an American light beer than the best Dogfish or Lagunitas IPA.  [/quote]

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