Examples of jug wine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Back in the 1960s, when Gallo Hearty Burgundy was a popular jug wine, petite sirah was a key component, along with zinfandel and carignan. — New York Times, 21 Oct. 2021 Financial stress forced him to sell Inglenook in 1964 to United Vintners (later swallowed up by Heublein Inc.), ushering in a period of corporate takeovers and declining quality, as Inglenook became a jug wine brand. — Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021 Temecula hasn’t always had the best reputation with wine aficionados from up north scoffing at the amateurs making jug wine for Angelenos traveling via party bus. — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Nov. 2019 In the 1990s, the family sought to increase scale by picking up the low-margin brands—such as Almaden and Inglenook jug wines—that larger alcohol companies were looking to shed. — Jennifer Maloney, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2018 Lodi grapes were the fuel that fed the jug wine era. — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 May 2018 In the old days, this might have been called a jug wine, in the best sense of the phrase. — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2018 See More

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