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[beige_alert]

I bought a bottle of blackberry wine (from Door County) at the grocery store yesterday and was asked for identification. I’m pretty sure that this was the first time I’ve ever been asked for ID to buy alcohol.

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[chirosinger.livejournal.com]

Congrats on being carded! I haven't been for at least a year now. I LOVE Door County Wine. You can find it in a store? (Green with envy.) A couple of friends and I make the hike to Door County every 2-3 years to see the lighthouses, walk around Rock Island and to stock up on wine. We love the tasting at the Door County Winery. I usually come home with lots of Pear wine, Halloween wine and Christmas wine. The Wedding wine is also quite tasty.

So have a sip of your blackberry wine in mine and themadblonde's honor. Skoal!

[beige-alert.livejournal.com]

Apparently I looked safely over-21 back when I was 25, because no one asked then. I wasn't drinking when I was just 21.

We can get a few varieties of Door County wine in stores here in Milwaukee, usually the Blackberry and Cherry, and sometimes that strawberry stuff. The rest can be mail-ordered, at least here and in some other states, depending on state law. I haven't been to the winery yet.

I gave a bottle of the chocolate cherry wine to Urban Tapestry at OVFF. I'm sure you won't be surprised that they, and ohiblather in particular, enjoyed it.

I do need to try some of the other varieties.

[barbarakitten-t.livejournal.com]

living well keeps you looking young!

[tigertoy.livejournal.com]

I remember a guy who I went to college with, who looked a little like you, and very definitely looked well beyond needing to be carded, when he was 17. He didn't actually drink, but he liked to hang out in bars with people who did, and he never had a problem getting in. When I remember that, and I think about how heavy handedly they treat anyone who provides alcohol to an underage person, I think I'd card anyone who didn't look at least 50. Some places card everyone no matter how old they look, and I don't blame 'em.

[beige-alert.livejournal.com]

I have basically no ability to guess people's ages, beyond the categories little kid (you can tell because they are really short), really old person (all gray and wrinkly, like my 95-year-old grandmother), and somewhere in between. So, seven or eight years ago or so, before I knew her actual age, I had put my girlfriend Joyce in the 30-60 category. I was right, but no one seems to be impressed by my correct guess.

[tigertoy.livejournal.com]

Being a good judge of age requires paying attention to and understanding details that I'm generally oblivious to. Between "has clearly entered puberty" and "showing blatant signs of advanced age" I don't pick up enough clues to form anything more than a wild-ass guess.