Wine Pairing Question?!

Wine Pairing Question?

Hi I am not very good at pairing wine and any help would be wonderful!

I am making Sesame-Chile Chicken with Ginered Watermelon Salsa and Blackbeans and Rice (with rum in it)

Any idea what i should serve? Or incredients inthe wine i should look for?

Good dinner first off! I'm sortof jealous that I wasn't invited.

I'd avoid the whites (although any of the semi-sweet type would work well). The ginger and blackbeans make me go with a red wine. They are a little stronger ingredients and I go against the conventional wisdom. I think strong flavors go red wine and chicken/fish flavors go with white. The other ingredients that go with the chicken make me go for a red wine instead of the conventional white. The rum taste, however, will need a light red wine rather than a heavy one. I'd go Shiraz. Maybe a Australian Shiraz mixed with some Viognier. That would complement the fruit in the salsa and be light but still have some robustness. Those are not the most popular, but if you got a good wine store, should be able to find it.