Profile Reference
- Drink type
- Wine
- Subtype
- Red
- Database profile ID
- 6014
- Status
- Public active profile
DUI Professional Drink Profile
Sutter Home Merlot
A public drink database profile for BAC simulation, drinking-pattern analysis, and litigation-support workflow review.
Updated May 27, 2026
Alcohol concentration
13%
percent alcohol by volume
Reference volume
6.00 oz
fluid ounces per full profile serving
Ethanol volume
0.78 oz
volume x ABV before density conversion
US standard drinks
1.30
using 0.6 fl oz ethanol per standard drink
BAC Simulation Context
DUI Professional uses drink profiles as structured inputs for alcohol dose, absorption timing, and elimination modeling. This profile describes the concentration and reference serving volume used when a full drink is added to a simulation.
6.00 oz at 13% equals about 1.30 U.S. standard drinks because one U.S. standard drink contains 0.6 fl oz ethanol. Review how these values are used in BAC simulation software or compare it against the full drink database.
Manufacturer Information
- Product
- Sutter Home Merlot
- Brand
- Sutter Home
- Manufacturer
- Sutter Home Winery
- Parent company
- Trinchero Family Estates
- Category
- California Merlot
- Origin
- United States
- Source-backed ABV
- 13%
- ABV note
- Product-level ABV from official brand, producer, control-board, or reliable retail product information. Wine ABV can vary by vintage, package, and market; label verification should control when a specific bottle is in evidence.
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Sutter Home Merlot Background
Sutter Home Merlot adds a missing red varietal from the No. 3 U.S. retail wine brand in the 2025 Shanken ranking. Source-backed product data identifies Sutter Home Merlot at 13.00% ABV and ties the brand to Sutter Home Winery / Trinchero Family Estates. A 6.00 fl oz DUI Professional serving equals about 1.30 U.S. standard drinks because one standard drink contains 0.6 fl oz ethanol; these row values drive BAC simulation dose, database comparison, and report assumptions.
Professional Use
- Compare drink assumptions during DUI and criminal-defense case review.
- Document beverage concentration and volume used in BAC simulation reports.
- Review drinking-pattern inputs with forensic toxicology and expert-witness workflows.
- Support training examples for alcohol absorption, elimination, and retrograde extrapolation.
Standard Drink Math
A U.S. standard drink uses 0.6 fl oz of pure ethanol. This profile's 6.00 oz reference serving at 13% ABV contains 0.78 oz ethanol, equal to 1.30 standard drinks.
That ethanol dose is the starting point for BAC simulation software; consumed fraction, timing, absorption, elimination, and body-composition assumptions are modeled separately. Compare other entries in the drink database or use the related profiles below.
