9 Best Wine Advent Calendars 2021

If you find daily countdowns starting in the middle of the month difficult (weird, but fair), try this 24-day advent calendar for you to cheers from December 1 through December 24. These 24 mini bottles are for the somms who want to explore their way to Christmas by uncorking and treating themselves to a glass a day, with a range of rosé, blanc, syrah, Bordeaux, riesling, and more.

WSJWine releases a wine advent calendar every year, and the 2021 edition dons a gingerbread house box. Filled with 24 lovely quarter-bottles with no repeat of flavor, just open a door every day to surprise yourself with one generous glassful of prosecco, sauvignon blanc, Tuscan, ruby port, and other vinos from across the world.

This cal contains 12 glass tubes, each carrying a first-class pour of fine wine chosen by female winemakers across European vineyards. You’ll find four whites, two rosés, and six reds waiting for countdown usage. Even better, there are two stylish package designs to choose from: the “Wonderland” for conventional festivity, and the “Abstract” for artsier celebration.

The mini bottles in Usual Wines’ pack (it’s not technically an advent calendar) are too exquisite to be discarded. And if you loathe wines that taste like sugar soda, consider this mixed pack of red, rosé, and brut. Naturally made from the best Californian grapes without any artificial process—because there’s no need—these 12 (or 24) bottles of wine ensure your holiday celebration is very real.

Want to make the most out of getting merry? Then skip mini vials and commit to full bottles, ‘coz that’s how we roll. In this advent calendar box, you’ll get pinot, merlot, moscato, chardonnay, and more for a 12-day period of varietals in full bottles to satiate your thirst. Perhaps you’ll share, perhaps not.

This traditional advent cal has 12 secret doors to reveal 12 hidden goods. There are no tiny glassful bottles in this one; instead, it features chock-full half-bottles of cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay, rosé, and other varietals from famous vineyards around the world.

Prefer to stock your own choices of wine? No problem, because to buy this advent calendar, you must sign a disclaimer stating that you are fully aware it does not include any bottles. It’s just a solid wood advent calendar crafted in the shape of a Christmas tree. Can’t get any merrier than holiday décor that can also hold 24 mini wine bottles, can it? Better still, you can customize the color and wood finish.

Craving the kind of bubbly wine that’ll make you go “ahhhhh” throughout December? This advent calendar puts some sparkles into its 12-varietal lineup of brut, prosecco, rosé, and cuvée. That is 12 nights of light, bubbly goodness. You might even keep it around till New Year’s Eve.

Another bubbly wine advent calendar to pop open 12 days ahead of Christmas, this one has quite a selection, including moscato spumante and pink moscato. And it’s got a beautifully designed box, too, to go with your glasses of fizzes and foam. It’s not Christmas without some sparkles; remember that.