--- title: This Is Exactly How Much You Should Spend on a Great Bottle of Champagne description: You can snag a nice bottle of non-vintage Champagne for between $35 and $48. A few good choices are Louis Roederer's NV Brut Premier ($47), NV Delamotte Brut Le Mesnil-sur-Oger or Champagne Pol Roger Brut Reserve ($40), and NV J. Lassalle Brut Cachet d'Or Premier Cru ($36). authors: - name: Kerri Anne Renzulli url: https://money.com/author/kerri-anne-renzulli/ at_money_since: 2014 articles: 185 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes social: - https://x.com/kerenzulli former_staff: true published: '2015-12-29T17:00:18.000Z' modified: '2024-04-16T09:34:20.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - Food & Drink - Holidays - Shopping word_count: 313 canonical: https://money.com/champagne-new-years/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** Money may earn a commission when you click on the products and services below. Opinions are our own, but compensation and in-depth research determine where and how they appear. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/) about how we make money. ![Champagne](https://img.money.com/2015/12/151229_em_champagne.jpg) Fancy packaging and [celebrity shout-outs](http://fortune.com/2014/11/05/rapper-jay-z-champagne-deal/) may have you thinking you have to spend a wad to get a bottle of champagne good enough to impress your friends on New Year's Eve. Nothing could be further from the truth. Sure, you can get away cheaply with [sparkling wines](https://money.com/champagne-new-year/) like prosecco and cava, but if you want to ring in the holiday with a proper glass—the kind that comes only from the Champagne region of France— you can spend less than $50, in some cases a lot less. On average, a retail bottle of Champagne sells for $44, according to the [Guild of Sommeliers](https://www.guildsomm.com/TC/stay_current/features/b/weblog/archive/2014/08/29/champagne?Redirected=true). The most affordable bottles are non-vintage (NV) Champagnes, which make up the bulk of the market. These are blends of grapes from multiple harvests. A Champagne house will also make a vintage sparkler, with grapes from a single harvest, in a stellar growing year. These bottles, labeled with the vintage, are typically aged longer and cost more. Expect to pay at least $55 a bottle. You can snag a nice bottle of non-vintage Champagne for between [$35 and $48](http://www.tastingtable.com/entry_detail/national/18558/All_You_Need_to_Know_About_Champagne_for_New_Years_Eve_and_.htm). A few good choices are [Louis](http://www.klwines.com/detail.asp?sku=100110 "K&L Wines") [Roederer'](http://www.klwines.com/detail.asp?sku=100110 "K&L Wines")[s](http://www.klwines.com/detail.asp?sku=100110 "K&L Wines") [NV Brut Premier](http://www.klwines.com/detail.asp?sku=100110 "K&L Wines") ($47), [NV Delamotte Brut Le Mesnil-sur-Oger](http://cellar.com/129885/delamotte-brut-le-mesnil-sur-oger-nv "Schneider's of Capitol Hill") or [Champagne Pol Roger Brut Reserve](http://www.polroger.com/en/) ($40), and [NV J. Lassalle Brut Cachet d'Or Premier Cru](http://www.klwines.com/detail.asp?sku=1041808 "KL Wines") ($36). As Money noted in our article about getting the [best bubbly for your buck](https://money.com/champagne-new-year/), how much you spend on a bottle often has more to do with the brand than what's in the bottle. A recognizable brand like Veuve Clicquot, say, or Dom Perignon can earn you cool points with party-goers and offers notable consistency, but a large part of the price you pay is going to support business costs like multinational marketing campaigns. With a smaller producer, more of the cost of the bottle is going directly into the quality of the wine. 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