Vegetable
Garden Pea
About This Entry
Garden peas offer spring sweetness and starch — purées, risotto, and mint pairings favor bright whites and soft sparkling.
Wine Pairing Explanation
Primary wine styles
Why These Wines Work
Pinot Noir is recommended for Garden Pea because spring peas and light Pinot Noir share English and Burgundian spring menu tradition.
At a Glance
Group
Green Vegetables
Classification
Vegetables
Culinary role
pod
Scientific name
Pisum sativum
Scientific Classification
- Display name
- Garden Pea
- Classification
- Vegetables
- Group
- Green Vegetables
- Scientific name
- Pisum sativum
Taxonomy
- Culinary role
- pod
- Plant part
- pod
- Texture
- tender
- Moisture class
- high
- Flavor intensity
- mild
- Seasonality
- spring