Champagne Calculator
Enter the guest count, how many glasses each will actually have through the evening, and your bottle price. The calculator gives bottles to chill, the total cost, and the juice ratio if brunch turns it into mimosas.
The math most hosts get wrong is generosity before ten: a 750 ml bottle pours six honest 125 ml glasses, and running dry at the toast is a bigger social cost than one leftover bottle. The label talk is honest too - blind tastings keep finding mid-shelf cava beats famous champagne at three times the price.
How to use
- Count guests, then choose toast-only versus a proper evening.
- Six glasses per bottle is the honest pour, not the optimistic one.
- Chill for at least three hours; warm bubbles foam over half the glass.
Frequently asked questions
How many bottles of champagne for 10 guests?
For a proper evening of three glasses each, that is 30 glasses - five bottles at six pours per 750 ml. A toast-only night needs two. The calculator scales to your crowd and your pour honestly.
How many glasses are in a bottle of champagne?
Six 125 ml pours from a 750 ml bottle - seven if you pour conservatively. Party math that assumes eight is why so many toasts run out before midnight.
Is expensive champagne worth it for a party?
For toasts and mimosas, no - blind tastings repeatedly rank mid-shelf cava and cremant above big-name bottles at triple the price. Spend on the bottle you hand someone who loves wine; pour the honest stuff for the crowd.
How much orange juice for mimosas?
The classic mix is two parts juice to one part bubbles, so each bottle of bubbles wants about a liter of juice - the calculator totals it for your glass count. Fresh-squeezed is the only upgrade anyone actually notices.