Vegetable
Bell Pepper
About This Entry
Bell pepper adds sweet capsicum crunch raw or roasted — ratatouille and fajitas favor fruity reds, rosé, and unoaked whites.
Wine Pairing Explanation
Primary wine styles
Alternative wine styles
Why These Wines Work
Syrah Shiraz — Roast bell pepper pairs with Syrah in Provençal and Mediterranean vegetable platters.
Grenache also pairs well with Bell Pepper because sweet capsicum suits Grenache fruit in ratatouille and piperade contexts.
Bell Pepper — Bell pepper vegetal sweetness mirrors bell-pepper notes in Carmenère and cool-climate Syrah.
Common Culinary Uses
- onion
- parmigiano_reggiano
- tomato
At a Glance
Group
Nightshades
Classification
Vegetables
Culinary role
fruit vegetable
Scientific name
Capsicum annuum
Scientific Classification
- Display name
- Bell Pepper
- Classification
- Vegetables
- Group
- Nightshades
- Scientific name
- Capsicum annuum
Taxonomy
- Culinary role
- fruit vegetable
- Plant part
- fruit vegetable
- Texture
- crisp
- Moisture class
- high
- Flavor intensity
- mild
- Seasonality
- summer