jug wine

noun

1. any inexpensive wine sold in large bottles, especially a bottle containing 1.5 liters (1.6 quarts) or more.

Word History and Origins

Origin of jug wine¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

We aren’t talking about the ghastly California jug wine that uses who-knows-what kinds of grapes grown in the arid Central Valley.

From Seattle Times

Mother came suspended in a pint jar murky with jug wine.

From Seattle Times

Many vines are left uncultivated, or their grapes are blended for jug wine.

From Los Angeles Times

In the old days, this might have been called a jug wine, in the best sense of the phrase.

From New York Times

When I moved to California for college 40 years ago, Grenache was a jug wine that, thanks to the Gallo brothers, was cheaper than East Bay MUD water.

From New York Times