spoiled grape juice

Any time I let a kindergarten crowd like that work a trick on me that was invented right after Noah discovered spoiled grape juice, I owe myself a month in jail.

1910, George Randolph Chester, Young Wallingford, page 186

The rest of the Tates are wine people, every one with a favorite vintage. I'm not much on the spoiled grape juice myself.

2002, Glen Cook, Angry Lead Skies: A Garrett, P.I., Novel

In my mind they are like those who view spoiled grape juice as something of great value, something described with such terms as “body”, “bouquet”, “woody”, “tannin”, “supple”, “sweet”, and etc. all in an effort to impress the listener with their “cultured” background in fine wines.

2003, Steven Stoker, You May Think Life Stinks But It Could Be Verse, page xiv