There is your argument, in a nutshell, against pouring mediocre wine into the pot.

It encouraged many who had been content making mediocre wine to go for the very best.

The area around Maiden had produced a great deal of mediocre wine.

The growers who once made a living from mediocre wine know they must upgrade or get out of the business.

Stocks were too low, and mediocre wine was making its way into the market to meet the high demand.

A crewman served him with a cup of mediocre wine, and he sipped at it cautiously.

For the first 15 years, Barboursville produced mediocre wine.

Its impeccable reputation, which had taken several centuries to create, was suffering from a proliferation of mediocre or poor wine.

Consequently, it was mostly taken for granted and pressed into vast quantities of mediocre wine.

No one has ever accused any of these producers of making a mediocre wine.