TY - JOUR T1 - Decomposition of Tartrates by Lactobacilli JF - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture JO - Am J Enol Vitic. SP - 135 LP - 138 DO - 10.5344/ajev.1952.3.1.135 VL - 3 IS - 1 AU - James M. Berry AU - Reese H. Vaughn Y1 - 1952/01/01 UR - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/3/1/135.abstract N2 - Five cultures identified as Lactobacillus plantarum have been found to utilize tartrates. However, until such time as the cultures can be made to grow in bona fide California table wines, it remains indefinite whether these cultures may be involved in the destruction of tartrates in wines. ER -