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QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Legally speaking in the USA anything after the first is driving while intoxicated/under the influence (different states use DWI or DUI).

Working in the booze biz you are sadly correct though. I had a wine rep a few years back offer to pay for my parking in NYC if I went to a tasting. I told him I was taking the train and he was surprised. He shouldn’t be.

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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

driving while intoxicated/under the influence (different states use DWI or DUI).

I thought it was a matter of severity, with DUI being over the limit but not obviously impaired and DWI driving while there’s no doubt that you’re drunk, leading to more severe punishment?

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- Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  There’s actually been a trend of shifting the language to “owi” or “operating while intoxicated” since the law is the same whether you’re operating a car, a bike, a boat or a dump truck
  
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- QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  That is not my understanding though I am not a lawyer.
  
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Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
You really don’t need to swallow at a wine tasting. In fact you’ll be able to taste a lot more without starting to affect your judgment if you don’t.

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- QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Even spitting you still swallow a bit. Most in the trade spit at tastings into the spit buckets. You’ll be fine trying 5 wines in an hour but I would be tasting dozens of wines for hours. It adds up after a while.
  
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