Even at full ripeness, the grapes have very high levels of tartaric acid.
The desired L-isomer is isolated with the help of (+)-tartaric acid.
The substantial amount of tartaric acid in the samples could point to grapes as another ingredient.
That's the sort of question to ask Stevie, by the way he says tartaric acid, ask him for it's proper chemical name.
The experiments found tartaric acid in residues from four jars.
During flowering, high levels of tartaric acid are concentrated in the grape flowers and then young berries.
It often has a concentration about 1/20 that of tartaric acid.
In Pasteur's early work as a chemist, he resolved a problem concerning the nature of tartaric acid (1848).
When mixed with tartaric acid or lemon juice, it acts as a raising agent in baking.
Then they looked at 28 related grape species and found one that produced no tartaric acid.