I am not saying you cannot but I will throw out some thoughts:

1) Plastic is made from petroleum products. The plastic used for water
bottles is food safe so, at least for water, nothing is going to leach out
of the plastic that would be harmful or detrimental to the product, water.
But lots of things are soluble in alcohol that are not soluble in water.
You put an 11-14% alcohol solution (wine) in that bottle and leave it for a
year or more and I would not guarantee that you would not get some nasties
out of the plastic even if it is food safe. Most foods do not contain 12%
alcohol.
2) As other have pointed out, those jugs are not made of very thick
plastic. Most plastic is permeable to air. That is no problem for water so
there is no reason to make them thicker. Wine is another mater. They are
not made for wine.

Ray

"Stephen" > wrote in message
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> What about the plastic containers the spring water comes in for those
water
> coolers?
> Steve
> "Cam" > wrote in message
> news:wq7qc.7722$9P6.2710@clgrps12...
> > I would not recommend aging in juice bottles. The plastic is porous and
> next
> > to impossible to properly sterilize. I tried it once, will not do it
> again.
> > Cam
> > "Rob M" > wrote in message
> > om...
> > > I want to age some wine for about 3 months. I have a bunch of 4L
> > > plastic juice bottles that I wanted to use. I know with beer you can
> > > have oxygenation problems with that. How long can you go with wine?
> > > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Rob
> >
> >
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