I spent €50 for WINE at ALDI - Was it worth it?

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I have tasted the following wines in this Video:
Galadino Vino Spumante Secco Italy – not available:

Marquis de Beaucel Crémant de Loire Brut France - $6:
Vinho Verde Portugal
2021 Gewürztraminer Vin d’Alsace Les Grands Chais de France
2022 Fiori del Sud Zibibbo Sicilia Italy
2022 Oliver & Friends Sauvignon Blanc Pfalz Germany
2021 Frescobaldi 1300 Toskana Italy
2021 Baron Philippe de Rothschild Cabernet Sauvignon Pays d’Oc – $8:
2022 Forest Hill Shiraz Cabernet Australia:
2022 Campo Antico Primitivo Puglia IGT

96-100: An extraordinary wine of profound and complex character displaying all the attributes expected of a classic wine of its variety. Wines of this caliber are worth a special effort to find, purchase and consume.
90 - 95: An outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character. In short, these are terrific wines.
80 - 89: A barely above average to very good wine displaying various degrees of finesse and flavor as well as character with no noticeable flaws.
70 - 79: An average wine with little distinction except that it is soundly made. In essence, a straightforward, innocuous wine.
60 - 69: A below-average wine containing noticeable deficiencies, such as excessive acidity and/or tannin, an absence of flavor or possibly dirty aromas or flavors.
50 - 59: A wine deemed to be unacceptable.

The discount chain Aldi is one of the biggest wine retailers in the world. But the wines that can be found on those shelves don’t … how can I put this … they don’t represent the best of the best.
But they have improved their selection over the last decades and it is the place where people might pick up their first bottle before getting really interested in wine.

The thing that wine nerds sometimes forget is that most people are not able to or just don’t want to spend a lot of money on food and or wine. The average price per bottle of wine in Germany is 2,34 EURO (3,12 Euro per Liter DWI) and Aldi’s wines are on average around that price point.
So what can you expect from 0,75 Liter of fermented grape juice when THAT price also includes the cost for the bottle, cork, label, shipping, taxes, and Aldi’s profit margins? I rarely buy wines at Aldi but I went to a shop close to my home and looked through the shelves. Their selection is not very inspiring but they have quite a few different wines from all around the globe, some wines that have received higher scores from more or less reputable publications and they also have some lesser know grape varieties and wine styles. I want to stress that I did look for wines that looked interesting as I really want to find some bargains for you.

[pudicus]

Konstantin reviewing wine: “You won’t die, ” “it won’t hurt you.” He’s putting his life on the line to find us value wines 😂

[winterB]

I really like this kind of tasting. Wine can be such an off putting drink to get into for beginners and the fact that there are several 80+ scores here at less than €5 is quite cool. Think that deserves at least some praise

[gagamba]

_'It won't kill you.'_

Could you review some 60 pt 'it won't kill you, but it wants to' wines?

It would be interesting to hear how an expert describes the aroma and taste of bad wine at the moment it hits his palate.

[coconut]

The Blue and White color of the Vinho Verde bottle refers to the Traditional Portugues earthenware ( Azulejos in Spanish and in Portuguese...) , the good old clichés I guess😉

[VektrumSimulacrum]

The struggle is real for super market wines. My folks aren't really wine drinkers so they go for the super market stuff and ask me to "help" pick out wine. (which normally means they go with the opposite of my suggestion because the label "isn't cute") I'll settle for the small victories like convincing them to go to an actual wine shop when buying wine as a gift for someone else.

[melsialiaj]

The plus (+) usually means the wine may improve by ageing and may score 1 or 2 points higher in the future. At least some wine critics use it this way.

[winterB]

In the UK Lidl another German supermarket stocks some half decent wines but they tend to be closer to the £10-15 range. Would be interesting to see a tasting of their "higher end" wine as this is where many average Joe's will go the get a "good bottle"

[jamesdunne]

"Won't kill you".

Sold.

[KPA]

Very interesting tasting, Konstantin! I'm not at all surprised that the bottle label ratings (97 points!) don't match your observations. Curious to see how the bargain California wines would fare in a tasting such as this.

[russell]

Thank you as always. You gave the clue for tasting suggestion yourself: is there anything interesting in that next tier of wines at Aldi? Ones you WOULD want to drink?

[SteelyTheVan]

I’m so glad you made this video. I shop at Trader Joe’s (an ALFI affiliate) and see these styles of wine often but have not yet “rolled the dice” and tried them. I think it was a good sampling you made and probably representative of what I would find here in Oregon. I might stick with the middle range $10-$20USD as I’ve been pleasantly surprised by some of those offerings.

Could you please do a video on your selection of cheap spanish wines? There seems to be good value in wines that are 10-20 euros

[joeydecarlo]

One thing I've learned as a very avid home winemaker who has gone way down the rabbit hole is the value of separating out your free run wine from press run wine. Cheaper wines and second wines usually use the press run which has harsher tannins. Now you will always notice it!

[joaoribeira]

This was a another great video, Konstantin! I laughed a lot with your "nononsense" approach - "it won't kill you!!". Really fantastic. What is most important about your brave expedition to cheap wine territories is that, in reality, most wine drinkers won't go for 20 euro/bottle wine on a general basis (in Portugal maybe even not up to 10 euro/bottle), so it is great to have your opinion on wines that almost anyone can afford. Thank you!

[mvxibasti]

Nice, love the discounter/supermarket videos!

[princemamuwalde]

“ It’s OK” and “it won’t kill you.” …Just makes me want to run out to the store now! 😂😂

[nicomeier]

Thank you for boldly going where almost no wine aficionado has gone before....
I have actually bought two nice wines at LIDL (not so much different from ALDI): two years ago they had a Canadian Icewine from Pilliteri (made from he Vidal grape), and now they have a nice dry Riesling from the Deidesheimer Weinmanufaktur.
Both well above the price point of the wines you dared to review but still,

[FuriousFry]

Zibibbo is so underrated. I might actually pick that one up from Aldi. I usually have some Teatro Latino at home, it's so fruity and exotic while still remaining quite dry and it's absolutely lovely for a hot summer evening.

[peterperigoe]

"You won't die, it won't hurt you" Konstantin, yes it would if you were living here in Ireland!!! We pay €3.19 excise duty on a bottle of wine plus 23% v.a.t. so a start price of €5.00 for a bottle is plus 3.19 = €8.19 plus vat €1.88 total cost= €10.07.

[tejbrant]

Being Swedish I havn't tried any wines from Aldi but I have daughters that that I think can try it.
Planing a trip down though Germany to Salzburg in Austria next year, I might stop and bye some cheep wines for my young ones.
I will stop in Bamberg to bye some high qualitty beer for myself.