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

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I use this wine key: Laguiole en Aubrac Wine Key Ebony
I have used this glass in this Video: Gabriel StandArt
I have tasted the following wines in this Video:
Galadino Vino Spumante Secco Italy
Marquis de Beaucel Crémant de Loire Brut France
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
2022 Forest Hill Shiraz Cabernet Australia
2022 Campo Antico Primitivo Puglia IGT

The 100 Point Scoring System (from www.robertparker.com):
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.