Aldi’s Holiday Magic wine advent calendar is the grocery version of a tasting case. The last listed price, on Aldi’s own product page and in 2025 season write-ups, was $59.99. Treat that as the reported ticket until your store prints this year’s. Aldi Specialbuys move, and a Chillicothe or Circleville pallet is not a guarantee.
What you get is 24 bottles of 187 milliliters, about a six-ounce pour each. That is roughly six standard bottles of wine. Last year’s mix was 12 reds, 10 whites, one rosé, and one sparkling, alternating so the month is not all one color. The bottles are small commercial pours, not a wooden case and not a distillery map. Some versions have been sold with a cheese-and-chocolate pairing card. Read the carton in the aisle. Aldi changes the insert.
At $60, the calendar is about $2.50 a pour. A decent everyday bottle at the same store is often $5 to $8, so the calendar is not a steal on liquid alone. It is a steal against other wine advent calendars, which commonly land between $75 and $200 for the same 24-door idea. You are paying for the month, not for a cellar.
Ohio can sell this. Wine is not on the OHLQ side of the counter. Spirits are. An Aldi wine calendar is a normal grocery purchase if the store stocks it. An Aldi whiskey calendar, if one shows up in another state, is a different legal object and should not be assumed on a local shelf.
It is a Specialbuy. When the stack is gone, it is gone. There is no rain check that matters. Do not buy it in October and bake it in a hot car until December. The point is to open a door a day, not to hold it for a secondary market. These do not become collector boxes.
Bottom line: if your Aldi has it near $60 and you want a December tasting for people who already drink ordinary wine, it is the cheap version of the gift-set idea. If you want 24 bottles you would buy again, skip it and spend the $60 on four wines you already know.
Must be 21. Drink responsibly.
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