psymon Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Have a look at this. I had a glass of red wine with the wife. Poured it out, drank the wine very nice. Was about to pour another and found this thing literally growing in my wine glass. I hear its tartaric acid but blimey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richtee Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Have a look at this. I had a glass of red wine with the wife. Poured it out, drank the wine very nice. Was about to pour another and found this thing literally growing in my wine glass. I hear its tartaric acid but blimey!Looks like the Andromeda Strain to me! Arrrggh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSidewinder Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I dunno, looks more like a loogey to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tentacles Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Vinegar eels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psymon Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 Been drinking wine a while and never seen this before. So strange, nothing there to start off with and 5 mins after finishing the wine it was there. There wasn't any sort of funny taste to the wine. In fact it was quite a nice bottle. Thing is we never saw it growing. Just looked back at the glass and it was there. It broke up quite easily when you touched it and felt like wet saturated solution with salt in it. Anyway - hope to be getting back into pyro soon. Just sorting out my garage after a house move. Made a desk at the back. Added a strip light and an extra socket. All my tools are slowly being found... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyboy25 Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 I know this thread has been dead forever but in the midst of some research I discovered what this is. "Tartaric acid may be most immediately recognizable to wine drinkers as the source of "wine diamonds", the small potassium bitartrate crystals that sometimes form spontaneously on the cork. These "tartrates" are harmless, despite sometimes being mistaken for broken glass, and are prevented in many wines through cold stabilization. The tartrates that remain on the inside of aging barrels were at one time a major industrial source of potassium bitartrate." And now you know, no need to thank me . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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