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Date: May 29, 2014 01:28PM
bella10 Wrote:
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> I am not a drinker, but would like to try wine.
> For a first time drink would one glass make me
> drunk because I don't want to get drunk I just
> want to try it.
One glass won't get you drunk. Depending on your body weight, you may only begin to have a light buzz. Check out a blood-alcohol level chart:
http://www.brad21.org/bac_charts.htmlFor example, a female who weighs about 120 lbs will be in the beginning-buzz range (0.04) with 1 5oz glass of ~13% wine. If you use a standard wine glass, 5oz is where the wine reaches the point of the curve of the glass that is vertical. You can try measuring it (10 tbsp or 150ml) to verify that. If a female is 140 or heavier, 1 glass won't reach the buzz. For someone who has never had alcohol before, they may begin to feel it at .03, but it's next to nothing.
I would say that over 0.04 and under 0.07 is where you want to be for drinking to be pleasurable. You aren't drunk -- your speech will be fine, your balance will be fine, your mental faculties will be fine. In that range you just feel relaxed and feel a mild euphoria.
It is important to measure because you need to count how much you've had, so you can gauge how much to drink without getting smashed (>0.08). And if you go much more beyond 0.12, you may find yourself hugging a toilet later on... :)
For example, I'm male and 210 lbs, so one glass doesn't do anything at all to me. It's the second one (within an hour) that barely begins the buzz, getting me close to .04. Three within an hour gets me in the optimal happy range at 0.055. Then I can have one more an hour later, as my liver processes about 1 unit per hour. So, I can do 3 glasses in the first hour, and then one each hour later to have finished off the bottle in 3 hours without getting smashed and having a pleasurable evening with 4-5 hours of buzz.
> Also, did anyone on here like wine
> the first time they tried it or is it an acquired
> taste?
Depends. If you taste some really bad wine (which is acidic and tastes like fungus barf) you may not like it at all. I've had wine that is excellent, not overly acidic at all, and is quite smooth. I've had wine that is absolutely sickening and taste like barf and made me heave. To me, that's the difference between good wine and bad wine. It's no fun to drink wine that has begun turning into vinegar.
Eating some food that is paired with the wine complements or contrasts the food and allows you to break your tastebuds into the new taste easier. If you have no food, try some sharp cheese that goes with the type of wine. Cheese and wine are very related to each other, both the product of fermentation. Both have similar flavors and complement each other. I've found that some sharp cheese tones down those yucky acidic wines a lot.
Anyway, these are just my observations. I'm in no way an expert, at all. I just started experimenting with wine a few months ago, really. I'm sure more experienced people could correct me on anything I just said. :)