Citation

Franklin SD, Stephens A. Sci. Justice 2000; 40(1): 39-40.

Affiliation

Formedecon Ltd, Unit 24, Enterprise City, Durham, United Kingdom.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Forensic Science Society, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10795428

Abstract

Wine-tasting has been used as a defence in the UK to charges of driving with excess alcohol on the breath. There is little scientific data to support this explanation. The authors carried out an experimental wine-tasting using twelve volunteer subjects. Breath alcohol samples were taken at the start of the experiment and fifteen minutes after the end. All subjects after wine-tasting had breath alcohol levels below the instrumental limit of detection. The authors conclude that the wine-tasting defence is not credible.

Language: en