Vegetable
Water Spinach
About This Entry
Water spinach is a hollow-stem Asian green for wok cooking — fish sauce, chili, and lime favor off-dry Riesling and tropical whites.
Wine Pairing Explanation
Primary wine styles
Why These Wines Work
Gewurztraminer is recommended for Water Spinach because water spinach in Southeast Asian wok cookery pairs with Gewürztraminer.
Common Culinary Uses
- garlic
Regional Context
CN
At a Glance
Group
Green Vegetables
Classification
Vegetables
Culinary role
leafy
Scientific name
Ipomoea aquatica
Scientific Classification
- Display name
- Water Spinach
- Classification
- Vegetables
- Group
- Green Vegetables
- Scientific name
- Ipomoea aquatica
Taxonomy
- Culinary role
- leafy
- Plant part
- leaf
- Texture
- tender
- Moisture class
- high
- Flavor intensity
- mild
- Seasonality
- summer