one glass of wine equals what on a Breathalyzer?

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does anyone know what one glass of wine would equal on a breathalyzer or anyone know a website that discusses this and maybe dui laws in ny state?


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  1. bitchy_scorpio says:
    July 9, 2010 at 8:52 am

    To determine your blood alcohol content you would also have to include your height, weight, if you have eaten a full meal with the wine. Things like this will affect the blood alcohol reading. Generally speaking one glass of wine won’t put most people over the legal limit for driving.

  2. silverfox9605 says:
    July 9, 2010 at 8:52 am

    I would think it depends upon the size of the glass and whether it is filled to the top or not!

  3. justlooking4now says:
    July 9, 2010 at 8:52 am

    in nc .08 is legally drunk so i would not even drink on glass of anything and drive

  4. Craig B says:
    July 9, 2010 at 8:52 am

    Depends on weight and fat/muscle ratio. What you eat really doesn’t matter because an ounce of alcohol is an ounce of alchohol no matter how you dilute it, though food may have an effect on how drunk you feel. The key to linking that drink to a breathalizer, aside from what I mentioned above, is how long it has been since you drank the wine. It is generally true for most people that one drink an hour will keep you safely below the .08% limit.

  5. joex444 says:
    July 9, 2010 at 8:52 am

    For a 180 pound guy, a glass – 5oz – of wine would be about 0.05, depending on how quickly it was consumed. It’s supposed to work that if you drink it, your BAC will be 0.00 after 1 hour, but I think wines are too strong now for that to work. Most are 13.5%, and a good amount of pinot noirs are in the 14-16%, with red zinfandels a bit higher, up to 17.5%. The 5oz glass of wine was supposed to be 12%, but the only thing like that now is Riesling.

    The BAC would increase if you weighed less or were female.

    Find an online BAC calculator. I would assume it won’t correspond to reality. I won’t drive if they say I’m over 0.04, even though the limit is 0.08.

  6. drdennie2 says:
    July 9, 2010 at 8:52 am

    around .03, all depends on your weight

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