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{{Short description|American term for inexpensive table wine}}
[[Image:Jug wine.jpg|thumb|right|An open bottle of [[Carlo Rossi (wine)|Carlo Rossi]] jug wine with a [[drinking straw]].]]

"'''Jug wine'''" is a term in the United States for inexpensive [[table wine]] typically bottled in a [[glass bottle]] or [[Jug (container)|jug]]. 

Historically, jug wines were labeled [[semi-generic]]ally, often sold to third parties to be relabeled, or sold directly from the [[winery]]'s [[tasting room]] to customers who would often bring their own bottles.<ref name=chron>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/03/WIUK11F2OD.DTL|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|title=A jug full of tradition:Wine Country vintners serve up wines straight from the barrel|author=Tara Duggan|date=2008-07-04|access-date=2008-07-04|archive-date=2008-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705095443/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/03/WIUK11F2OD.DTL|url-status=live}}</ref>  For a period following [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]], jug wines were the only domestic wine available for most Americans.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/dining/chi-uncork_jug_7nov07,0,7929197.column|publisher=Chicago Tribune|title=Jug-heads:Retro charm of big bottles still appeal to some|author=Bill Daley|date=2007-11-07|access-date=2024-01-15|archive-date=2013-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326161633/http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/dining/chi-uncork_jug_7nov07,0,7929197.column|url-status=live}}</ref>  Beginning in the 1960s, when Americans began to consume more premium wine, jug wine took on a reputation for being "extreme value" (bargain-priced premium wine).<ref name=chron/><ref>Julia Flynn Siler: ''The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty'', page 310. Gotham Books, 2007.</ref>  Beginning in the late 1980s jug wines have increasingly been labeled varietally to meet consumer demand.

==Common brands==
Common brands include [[E & J Gallo Winery|Gallo]], [[Carlo Rossi (wine)|Carlo Rossi]], [[Almaden Vineyards]], and [[Inglenook Winery]].  Typical formats include 750 ml and one liter glass bottles, as well as three and five-liter jugs.  More recent packaging methods include lined boxes, and plastic bags inside [[corrugated fiberboard]] [[box]]es ("[[Box wine|bag in a box]]").<ref name=chron/>
[[Image:Jug_wine_refills.jpg|thumb|right|A refilling station for wine jugs in a [[winery]].]]

==See also==
* [[Box wine]]
* [[American wine#Fighting varietals|Fighting varietal]]
* [[Flavored fortified wine]]
*[[Plonk (wine)]]

==References==
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[[Category:Wine styles]]
[[Category:Wine terminology]]