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Here’s the thing nobody tells you about boozy advent calendars: the good ones are gone long before you start thinking about Christmas.
We’re writing this in July, which feels absurdly early, and we’ve just spent an afternoon checking every calendar we could find. Six of them are already sold out. VineBox, the company that basically invented the wine advent calendar, has sold out of all three versions. The craft beer calendar that Wine Enthusiast and Food Network both picked last year? Gone.
The New York Times put it best about the most famous one of the lot: “Beware: it always sells out.”
So this guide does something slightly different. Instead of a list you read in November when it’s too late, we’ve built you a live status tracker, so you can see exactly what’s on pre-order right now, what’s still in stock, and what’s coming back for 2026. Plus how much booze is actually behind each door (it varies wildly), and the one thing that catches people out every single year: alcohol can’t be shipped to every state.
Grab a drink. Let’s get you sorted before the good ones vanish.
