Great wines of pepper
The pepper plant is not a tree but a vine that wraps around other plants. Only the fruits of species belonging to the Piper genus are entitled to be called "pepper."
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The botanical family of Piper can be segmented as follows:
- Piper nigrum: it is the classic round pepper, the essential of our tables;
- the tailed peppers: such as the wild voatsiperifery pepper from Madagascar or the cubeb pepper from Indonesia;
- long pepper: like the Ethiopian timiz pepper, the long java pepper or the Indian assam pepper.
The degree of ripeness at harvest and the post-harvest process will give the pepper its final color and flavors.
4 colours of Piper nigrum:
Red pepper, Green pepper, Black pepper, White pepper.