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Bulk Wine
"Jug wine" is a term in the United States for inexpensive table wine (or "bulk wine") typically bottled in a glass bottle or Jug (container), jug. Historically, jug wines were labeled semi-generically, 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. For a period following Prohibition in the United States, Prohibition, jug wines were the only domestic wine available for most Americans. 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).Julia Flynn Siler: ''The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty'', page 310. Gotham Books, 2007. 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, ...
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Jug Wine
"Jug wine" is a term in the United States for inexpensive table wine (or "bulk wine") typically bottled in a glass bottle or jug. Historically, jug wines were labeled semi-generically, 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. For a period following Prohibition, jug wines were the only domestic wine available for most Americans. 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).Julia Flynn Siler: ''The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty'', page 310. Gotham Books, 2007. Beginning in the late 1980s jug wines have increasingly been labeled varietally to meet consumer demand. Common brands Common brands include Gallo, Carlo Rossi, Almaden Vineyards, and Inglenook Winery. Typical formats include 750 ml and 1 liter glass bottles, as well ...
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Almaden Vineyards
Almaden Vineyards, historically written as Almadén Vineyards, is a Californian winery. Founded in 1852, it is the oldest commercial winery in California. Originally located and established in Almaden Valley, San Jose, the winery has since moved to the San Joaquín Valley, primarily based in Escalon and Madera. The Old Almadén Winery in San Jose is a registered California Historical Landmark and open to the public.California Office of Historic PreservationSanta Clara/ref> History The winery was established by Éthienne Thée in 1852, who named the vineyard after New Almaden, a nearby quicksilver mining town. Though sources contradict concerning details of the original foundation, it was undeniably Charles Le Franc, son-in-law of Thée, who planted the first choice European grape varieties at the foot of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The conditions of Pacific cool evening breeze and rocky soil are not sufficiently fertile for large yields but grapes of special quality. Follo ...
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Plonk (wine)
''Plonk'' is a term used primarily in Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English for generally cheap, low-quality wine.winepros.com.au. It is believed to come from Australian slang, in reference to ''blanc'' (the French language, French word for "white"), before it became naturalised in Britain. Despite the reference to the colour white, the term is not limited to white wine, and can as easily indicate a red wine or rosé. In this context, the phrase has even spawned the title of a novel which evokes the perceived tackiness of the 1980s. In Australia, plonk packaged and sold in a Box Wine, cask or simply in a bag is commonly called "Box wine, goon". The term has also been adopted in other Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries, particularly in Canada. Other usages The term is not always used in a wholly derogatory manner. It can indicate a degree of strange affection for the wine in question. ''The Daily Telegraph, Telegraph'' journalist Max Davidson has equated ...
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Flavored Fortified Wine
Flavored fortified wines (known informally as bum wines or bum vino) are inexpensive fortified wines that typically have an alcohol content between 13% and 20% alcohol by volume, alcohol by volume (ABV). They are made from various fruits (including grapes and citrus fruits) with added sugar, artificial flavor and artificial color. Brands * Buckfast Tonic Wine is a tonic wine with added alcohol, caffeine and sugar, produced under license from Buckfast Abbey, a Roman Catholic monastery located in Devon, England. It is particularly popular along the central belt of Scotland, especially Glasgow, Faifley, East Kilbride, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton, Coatbridge and other Strathclyde areas, as well as Falkirk, Fife, Edinburgh and the Lothians, but critics have blamed it for being a cause of social problems in Scotland. Some have nicknamed it "Wreck the Hoose Juice". It also enjoys a strong popularity and near cult-following in Northern Ireland, often referred to simply as "Bucky ...
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American Wine
Wine has been produced in the United States since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84 percent of all US wine. The North American continent is home to several native species of grape, including ''Vitis labrusca'', ''Vitis riparia'', ''Vitis rotundifolia'', and ''Vitis vulpina,'' but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European ''Vitis vinifera'', which was introduced by European settlers.H. Johnson & J. Robinson ''The World Atlas of Wine'', p. 268 Mitchell Beazley Publishing 2005 With more than under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.T. Stevenson, ''The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia'' Fourth Edition, p. 462, Dorling Kindersly, 2005 J. Robinson, ed. ''The Oxford Companion to Wine'', Third Edition, p. 719; Oxford University Press, 2006, ...
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Jug Wine Refills
A jug is a type of container commonly used to hold liquids. It has an opening, sometimes narrow, from which to pour or drink, and has a handle, and often a pouring lip. Jugs throughout history have been made of metal, and ceramic, or glass, and plastic is now common. In British English, jugs are pouring vessels for holding drinkable liquids, whether beer, water or soft drinks. In North American English these table jugs are usually called pitchers. Ewer is an older word for jugs or pitchers, and there are several others. Several other types of containers are also called jugs, depending on locale, tradition, and personal preference. Some types of bottles can be called jugs, particularly if the container has a narrow mouth and has a handle. Closures such as stoppers or screw caps are common for these retail packages. Etymology The word jug is first recorded in the late 15th century as ''jugge'' or ''jubbe''. It is of unknown origin, but perhaps comes from ''jug'' a term fo ...
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Box Wine
Boxed wine (cask wine) is wine sold in a bag inside a box. The box is made of cardboard or corrugated fiberboard, which supports a plastic bladder filled with wine. The wine flows out from a plastic push-release valve. History The process for packaging 'cask wine' (boxed wine) was invented by Thomas Angove, a winemaker from Renmark, South Australia, and patented by his company on April 20, 1964. Polyethylene bladders of one gallon (4.5 litres) were placed in corrugated boxes for retail sale. The original design required that the consumer cut the corner off the bladder, pour out the serving of wine and then reseal it with a special peg. This design was based on a product already on the market, a bag in a box used by mechanics to hold and transport battery acid. In 1967, Australian inventor Charles Malpas and Penfolds Wines patented a plastic, air-tight tap welded to a metallised bladder, making storage more convenient. All modern wine casks now use plastic taps which can be ...
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Corrugated Fiberboard
Corrugated fiberboard or corrugated cardboard is a type of packaging material consisting of a fluted corrugated sheet and one or two flat linerboards. It is made on "flute lamination machines" or "corrugators" and is used for making corrugated boxes. The corrugated medium sheet and the linerboard(s) are made of kraft containerboard, a paperboard material usually over thick. History Corrugated (also called pleated) paper was patented in England in 1856, and used as a liner for tall hats, but corrugated boxboard was not patented and used as a shipping material until 20 December 1871. The patent was issued to Albert Jones of New York City for single-sided (single-face) corrugated board. Jones used the corrugated board for wrapping bottles and glass lantern chimneys. The first machine for producing large quantities of corrugated board was built in 1874 by G. Smyth, and in the same year Oliver Long improved upon Jones' design by inventing corrugated board with liner sheets on both ...
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Inglenook Winery
Inglenook is a winery that produces estate bottled wines in Rutherford, California, in the Napa Valley. History The winery was founded in 1879 by a Finnish Sea Captain Gustave Niebaum. Niebaum's employee Hamden McIntyre was not an architect but he designed gravity flow wineries for Inglenook and Far Niente along with other wineries of the decade. Niebaum died in 1908 and the winery was shut down during Prohibition. Upon repeal of Prohibition, Niebaum's widow, Suzanne Niebaum, reopened Inglenook and brought in a viticulturist and an enologist to upgrade the winemaking system. Niebaum's great-nephew, John Daniel Jr., took over operations in 1939 and it flourished during the 1940s and 1950s until it was sold to Allied Grape Growers in 1964. More than of the property were acquired by Francis Ford Coppola in 1975 with profits of his film, ''The Godfather''. The brand name and the remaining 94 acres (38 ha), including the historic winery, were bought by Heublein, Inc., which bega ...
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Carlo Rossi (wine)
Carlo Rossi may refer to: *Carlo Rossi (architect) (1775–1849), Russian architect *Carlo Rossi (racing driver) (born 1955), former Italian race car driver *Carlo Rossi (politician) (1925–1998), Canadian politician *Carlo Rossi (lyricist) (1920–1989), Italian lyricist and record producer *Carlo Rossi (general) (1880–1967), Italian general * Carlo Rossi (wine) *Carlo Ubaldo Rossi Carlo Ubaldo Rossi (17 August 1958 – 11 March 2015) was an Italian composer and music producer. He died in a motorcycle accident in the hills of Moncalieri, near Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important busine ...
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Table Wine
Table wine (rarely abbreviated TW) is a wine term with two different meanings: a style of wine and a quality level within wine classification. In the United States, the term primarily designates a wine style: an ordinary wine which is not fortified or expensive and is not usually sparkling. In the European Union wine regulations, the term is the lower of two overall quality categories, the higher of which is ''quality wines produced in specified regions'' (QWPSR). All levels of national wine classification systems within the EU correspond to either TW or QWPSR, although the terms that actually appear on wine labels are defined by national wine laws with the EU regulations as a framework. Most EU countries have a national classification called ''table wine'' in the country's official language. Examples include ''vin de table'' in France, ''vino da tavola'' in Italy, ''vino de mesa'' in Spain, ''vinho de mesa'' in Portugal, ''Tafelwein'' in Germany, and ''επιτραπέζιος ...
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E & J Gallo Winery
E & J Gallo Winery is a winery and distributor headquartered in Modesto, California. It was founded in 1933 by Ernest Gallo and Julio Gallo, and is the largest exporter of California wines. E & J Gallo Winery is the largest family-owned winery in the United States. History During Prohibition in the United States, Ernest and Julio Gallo grew grapes and sold them to eastern states where home winemaking was allowed.Bob Jamieson"Ernest Gallo, the Truth Behind the Myth" ABC News, 8 March 2007 On June 14, 1933, Ernest Gallo filed an application with the Prohibition administration to open a bonded wine storeroom in San Francisco. On June 20, his application was rejected. He was advised that in order to open a storeroom, he had to own a bonded winery. And in order to be bonded as a winery, he had to own vineyards. Ernest and Julio then took steps to bond a winery in the name of their newly formed partnership, E & J Gallo. They had stationery printed that included two designations ne ...
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