What are tartrates

From time to time you may have noticed some crystals on the bottom of a wine cork you pulled from your favorite bottles of wine from France or Italy.  These crystals are called Potassium bitartrate – or tartrates for short.  In wineries that minimally process their vino (such as Arizona Stronghold) tartrates may even form a small ring around the bottom of the bottle - and they only become a perceptive issue in white and pink wines because they are easy to see.

The next time you identify beautiful crystals in the bottom of your bottle or glass, you can be assured of at least three things:

1. The person who made the wine cared about it and was willing to put true quality in front of vanity
2. It was stored in a safe, cool environment (otherwise it wouldn’t have thrown off tartrates)
3. You are not drinking a mainstream, processed wine that was built to last on a shelf like a rock hard, cardboard-esque tomato on a supermarket shelf!

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