Abstract
Sixty‐one different fortified wines, from the Douro valley, inoculated with Lactobacillus hilgardii previously isolated from a spoiled fortified wine, were sampled progressively for 280 d. Samples were analysed for volatile acidity (acetic acid) and frozen for subsequent analysis where appropriate. After 280 d, 7/61 wines showed increases in volatile acidity of >0.5 g l‐1 and were considered spoiled. Retrospective analysis of frozen samples of spoilage‐positive wines showed that all had apparently undergone a malolactic conversion before the onset of heterolactic activity (acetate production). It is suggested that the monitoring of L‐lactic acid might be a method of detecting activity of spoilage lactobacilli before the onset of spoilage.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 329-332 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Letters in Applied Microbiology |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 1994 |