PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - D. J. Lockwood
AU  - H. J. Labbé
AU  - G. J. Gardner
TI  - Spectroscopic Analysis of Wine Crystals
AID  - 10.5344/ajev.1984.35.3.178
DP  - 1984 Jan 01
TA  - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture
PG  - 178--182
VI  - 35
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/35/3/178.short
4100  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/35/3/178.full
SO  - Am J Enol Vitic.1984 Jan 01; 35
AB  - Samples of crystalline material found in bottled wines were analyzed according to their vibrational spectra using both infrared and Raman techniques. The samples were identified as either KHC4H4O6 or CaC4H4O6 • 4H2O with the latter compound growing most often on the cork. In one unique case, crystals of both compounds were found growing together. Vibrational spectroscopy proved to be a sensitive and rapid method for analyzing deposits in wines.