--- title: Wine Advent Calendar 2018 Sells Out at Aldi on First Day description: Aldi's wine advent calendar sold out within hours of its debut, but not to worry — there are still boozy other advent calendars. canonical: https://time.com/5449454/wine-advent-calendar-2018/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-11-08T22:29:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:54.344Z og:title: This Wine Advent Calendar Sold Out in Less Than a Day og:description: But there are other boozy calendar options og:url: https://time.com/5449454/wine-advent-calendar-2018/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3106521ba571d1c/69893e9e457a525a1bd5fd53/wine-advent-calendars-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: White, rosé and red wine og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Wine Advent Calendar Sold Out in Less Than a Day twitter:description: But there are other boozy calendar options twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3106521ba571d1c/69893e9e457a525a1bd5fd53/wine-advent-calendars-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Wine Advent Calendar Sold Out In Less Than a Day > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 8, 2018 10:29 PM UTC  Wines for all tastes Wines for all tastes Brunomsbarreto—Getty Images/iStockphoto  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 8, 2018 10:29 PM UTC A wine [Advent calendar](http://time.com/4596916/giant-advent-calendar/) is an ideal, boozy way to count down the days until the holidays (or, for some, a good way to cope with the imminent stress of the season) — which is why it’s regrettable but hardly surprising that Aldi’s wine Advent calendar sold out within minutes of its first day on the market in America. The calendars, which have been a confirmed hit for British stores across the pond, contained 24 6.37-ounce bottles of 12 different wines for the sweet price of $69.99, or $2.92 a bottle; the supermarket chain also offered cheese Advent calendars, which like their wine compatriots, sold out immediately. Unfortunately for holiday wine enthusiasts, Aldi, whose $8 rosé is [considered one of the best wines in the world](http://fortune.com/2017/09/14/aldi-award-winning-wine-coming-us/), told [_USA Today_](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2018/11/06/aldi-advent-wine-and-cheese-calendars-go-sale-nov-7/1908300002/) in a statement that “the calendars will not be restocked once they are sold out.” Some are already up for grabs on [eBay](https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?%5Ffrom=R40&%5Ftrksid=m570.l1313&%5Fnkw=aldi+wine+advent+calendar&%5Fsacat=156813) for a hefty price. Not to fear, however — those still looking for adult beverage-fueled calendars, can spring for Vinebox’s $129 [“Twelve Nights of Wine”](https://www.getvinebox.com/products/twelve-nights-of-wine) or Virgin Wine’s $104.77 behemoth of a [wine Advent calendar](https://www.virginwines.co.uk/wine-advent-calendar), which comes with 24 bottles of red, white, rosé, Prosecco, and a Champagne toast. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5449454/wine-advent-calendar-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5449454/wine-advent-calendar-2018/"},"headline":"This Wine Advent Calendar Sold Out In Less Than a Day","datePublished":"2018-11-08T22:29:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:54.344Z","description":"Here's what you need to know","url":"https://time.com/5449454/wine-advent-calendar-2018/","keywords":["Newsfeed","food and drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3106521ba571d1c/69893e9e457a525a1bd5fd53/wine-advent-calendars-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3106521ba571d1c/69893e9e457a525a1bd5fd53/wine-advent-calendars-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"White, rosé and red wine","caption":"White, rosé and red wine","creditText":"Brunomsbarreto—Getty Images/iStockphoto","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5449454/wine-advent-calendar-2018/","name":"This Wine Advent Calendar Sold Out In Less Than a Day"}}]}] ```