Bwild: For me, with chicken, we rather drink a rosé : my favorite is " Côtes de Provence " (in the South East - see on the map : http://www.mywineandcellar.com/Carte_vins_France.html) but a wine from Anjou (in the middle West) is the best choice.
With chicken, we drink a rosé or else a very light red wine. This is a classic answer.

But, in reality, it's not so easy to choose a wine.
You have, first, to consider what different wines will be drunk during the meal and you have to respect a logical order : the light wines first ; more you go forward in the meal, more the wines will be strong. It's inconceivable, for example, to drink 1st a thick red wine and 2nd a light rosé !! (we do like that in France but perhaps it's different in other countries ; I only speak about MY experience).
Then, I would allude to what Bernice said " it doesn't really matter what color wine...it is the taste that compliments the meal " . I mean that in a meal, there's not only one element - the wine - but it's a whole. We have to consider what we will eat. I give you an example with only one meat : chicken.
If you eat some chicken grilled, it's obvious that a red wine is better. But if you cook your chicken with crawfishes and lemon, inevitably, you'll drink a bottle of white wine (white wine with fishes and shellfishs).
Last, as it is a question of taste, you'll choose (of course) a wine that you like. For example, me, I rarely drink white wines because they aren't my favourite and I prefer wines more dried, less sweet. In the same way of doing, someone who lives in a region with wines, as me, will often choose a wine from this region if he eats a culinary speciality from this region : example : in the South West of France, we eat a speciality : " poulet basquaise " (chicken with tomatoes, sweet peppers, oil of olive, ....) , so we naturally drink with a wine from the region South West as a " Bergerac " rosé, or a " Côte de Duras " red.

To finish : ..... it doesn't matter at all !!!! specially for a wine lover as me !!!

ps : if you're ready to pay the postage and the packaging, I offer you and send you a bottle of french wine (white or rosé or red or Champagne). (and because you are a friend).