Anonymous wrote:White wine, preferable a nice Riesling.
Any good jambalaya would be too spicy for a white. You could just as well drink water.
A big red (e.g., shiraz) would stand up to it, but a nice cold beer is best.
I agree with this (I'm the syrah/shiraz poster), but tastes are different. If you're a white wine drinker, you want the same sort of wine you'd drink with spicy asian food--a gewurtztraminer or, as PP said, a riesling. Or, let me plug my favorite, Pine Ridge chenin blanc/viognier. Goes with everything.