Mulled wine is like Christmas in a cup. This sweet (yet spicy) warm beverage comes just once a year to usher in the festive season—could there be a better way to boost your Christmas spirits?
Nothing brings on the festive cheer more than a glass of this sweet, fruity Nectar of the Christmas gods. Sure, you could fork out £5 to sip mulled wine from a plastic cup at a Christmas market, but when you can save money and binge on some festive films at the same time—why wouldn’t you?
To recreate the Christmas market experience without bracing the December chill, vouchercloud has unveiled (or uncorked) the best supermarket mulled wine and all the top offers to get cheap mulled wine from Morrisons, Waitrose, Amazon and beyond.
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The cheapest mulled wine deal this Christmas
Soaring to the top of our cheapest supermarket mulled wines is Tesco Mulled Wine at £2.25 for Clubcard users, or 53p per 175ml glass—cheaper than a meal deal and possibly even cheaper than chips. There’s no holding back in the supermarket wars for your festive pounds: ASDA tails Tesco with the own-brand ASDA Mulled Wine for £2.50 a bottle, with Aldi Mulled Wine just a pinch more expensive at £2.69.
Although not compulsory, we strongly encourage pairing your mulled wine with The Holiday, or Die Hard for some extra street cred.
| Rank | Supermarket | Mulled Wine | Price per bottle | Price per 175ml glass | ABV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tesco | Tesco Mulled Wine 75cl | £2.25 | £0.53 | 5.5% |
| 2 | ASDA | Mulled Wine 75cl | £2.50 | £0.58 | 5.5% |
| 3 | Aldi | Mulled Wine 75cl | £2.69 | £0.63 | 5.5% |
| 4 | Morrisons | Festive Mulled Wine 75cl | £2.99 | £0.70 | 5.5% |
| 5= | Sainsbury's | Sainsbury's Mulled Wine 75cl | £3.00 | £0.70 | 5.5% |
| 5= | Iceland | Harvest Fruits Mulled Wine | £3.00 | £0.70 | 5.5% |
The best supermarket mulled wine
We’re all looking for that sweet spot between cost and deliciousness. Here are the best mulled wines with at least 5 customer ratings each that will knock your Christmas socks off:
- 5.00 stars for Morrisons’ Winter Warmer Mulled Wine: £3.75 (8% ABV)
- 5.00 stars for £4.50 for Tesco’s Gluhwein By Felix Solis Mulled Wine: £4.50(12% ABV)
- 4.90 stars for Drinksupermarket’s Crabbies Mulled Ginger Wine: £7.49 (12% ABV)
- 4.70 stars for Amazon’s Lyme Bay Mulled Wine: £10.95 (5.5% ABV)
- 4.64 stars for ASDA’s Extra Special Mulled Wine: £4.50 (11%)
That said, here are the worst-rated mulled wines you might find in your Christmas stocking if you happen to be on Santa’s Naughty List.
- 2.1 stars for £3.50 for Ocado’s Three Mills Mulled Wine: £3.50 (5.5% ABV)
- 2.9 stars for Tesco’s Mulled Wine: £2.25 (5.5% ABV)
- 3.0 stars for Amazon’s Winter Warmer Mulled Wine: £12.99 (10% ABV)
The best non-alcoholic mulled wine
The only spirits you’ll find here are Christmas ones. For a festive season that’s extra merry without the wine headache, the best non-alcohol mulled wine on the market is Lidl’s Deluxe Non-Alcoholic Mulled Punch at £1.99 a bottle, or 46p a pop. There’s a tie for the next best alcohol-free mulled wine: Morrisons and Ocado costing a smidge more at £2 per bottle.Ocado's Saturnus 1893 Mulled Wine Glogg Concentrate can be mixed with water or any alcohol-free red wine—if you choose water, it's just 58p a glass. Amazon sends the price skyrocketing literally off the charts to £1.51 per glass. Penny-pinchers—look elsewhere.
| Rank | Supermarket | Mulled Wine | Cost per bottle | Cost per 175ml glass |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lidl | Deluxe Non-Alcoholic Mulled Punch 75cl | £1.99 | £0.46 |
| 2= | Morrisons | Mulled Zero Non-Alcoholic Mulled Wine 75cl | £2.00 | £0.47 |
| 2= | Ocado | Three Mills Non-Alcoholic Mulled Punch 75cl | £2.00 | £0.47 |
| 4 | Sainsbury's | Sainsbury's Non-Alcoholic Merry Berry Mulled Punch 75cl | £2.50 | £0.58 |
| 5 | Ocado | Saturnus 1893 Mulled Wine Glogg Concentrate 50cl | £5.00 for 500ml | £0.58* |
Save £35 by shopping around for mulled wine deals
Hey Amazon, your algorithm’s showing. Amazon works in mysterious ways, driving prices up to absurd levels or shaving off a few pence to outsmart the competition. When it comes to mulled wine deals though, consumers are the Bob Cratchit to Amazon’s Scrooge. Crabbies Mulled Ginger Wine is a cool £7.49 at Drinksupermarket and a stomach-churning £41.99 at Amazon, or a truly bizarre £10.50 a glass—costing more than the projected National Living Wage rate for 2022.1 Bah humbug.Strangely, another Amazon listing reveals the same bottle for £6.50, which just goes to show that it pays to shop around.
| Mulled Wine | Best Value | Worst Value | Saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crabbies Mulled Ginger Wine | £6.50 (Amazon) | £41.99 (Amazon) | £35.49 |
| Three Mills Non-Alcoholic Mulled Punch | £2.00 (Ocado) | £12.99 (Amazon) | £10.99 |
| Three Mills Mulled Wine | £3.50 (Ocado) | £37.95 for 6 = £6.33/bottle (Amazon) | £3.33 |
| Harvest Fruits Mulled Wine | £3.00 (Iceland) | £9.99 (Amazon) | £6.99 |
| Lyme Bay Mulled Wine | £8.99 (Waitrose Cellar) | £9.72 (Amazon) | £0.73 |
The best mulled wine spices
♫ Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, mulled wine bubbling on the stove. ♫
If you’re all about a homemade Christmas, whipping up a mulled spice blend is a breeze. Traditional mulled wine requires cinnamon, star anise, cloves and nutmeg, but if you're feeling adventurous, we like this citrusy Mulled Wine Recipe by Food Network.
The cheapest mulled wine spices are just 95p at Morrisons, which takes the top spot with Morrisons Mulled Wine Spices. Bear in mind that you’ll need to supply a bottle of red to brew with your spices—assuming your red wine costs the £6 UK average, your mulled wine expenses could be £1.62 per glass (almost 2.8x the price of our cheapest mulled wine).2
| Rank | Supermarket | Mulled Wine | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morrisons | Morrisons Mulled Wine Spices 17.75g | £0.95 |
| 2 | Sainsbury's | Sainsbury's Mulled Wine Spices 18g | £1.00 |
| 3= | Ocado | Schwartz Mulled Wine Carton 18g | £1.40 |
| 3= | Tesco | Schwartz Mulled Wine Spice 18g | £1.40 |
| 5 | Morrisons | Morrisons Mulled Wine Mix 350g | £1.50 |
The vouchercloud verdict
Danny Munday, General Manager of vouchercloud says:"After a difficult Christmas in 2020, we’re all looking forward to spending time with loved ones and enjoying a drink or two over the festive period.
Christmas is the season for giving, but it can sometimes be a time for overspending. With this in mind, we've put together a guide to track down the cheapest mulled wine on the market, including the best value non-alcoholic mulled wine for an inclusive festive get-together.
Our research has unearthed exactly where you should shop for festive beverages, as well as the retailers that chronically overcharge for Christmas products (we’re looking at you, Amazon)."
Data
Data sourced from websites of the retailers, correct as of December 14th 2021.
Footnotes
1https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates
2https://www.statista.com/statistics/1131380/average-monthly-price-of-a-glass-of-wine-in-the-united-kingdom/
Tips for getting the best mulled wine deals & offers
- Check vouchercloud discount codes. We're specialists in saving, and that includes on your Christmas tipple. Try our food and drinks vouchers for discounts on your next bottle, and you might want to head to browse our Morrisons, Tesco and Amazon vouchers too.
- Shop around. Prices are not universal—by shopping at another retailer, you could save anything from a few pence to a couple of tens.
- DIY it. If you have star anise, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg knocking around your spice rack already, there's no reason you can't Mary Berry it and create your own delicious mulled wine at home.
- Check the volume/£. Although you can often save by buying greater volumes, that isn't usually the case with mulled wine. Figure out how much you actually need and work out the cost per bottle!
