jug wine
n.
Inexpensive table wine sold in large bottles.
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A term that originated when consumers used to bring their own jugs to wineries to be filled. Today it applies to inexpensive, usually generic wines, which are customarily (but not always) sold in large 1.5- and 3-liter bottles.
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
inexpensive wine sold in large bottles or jugs
Jug wine is a term in the United States for inexpensive table wine typically bottled in a
glass jug. Historically, jug wines were labeled semi-generically, but over the last 20
years have increasingly been labeled varietally to meet consumer demand. Common brands include
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