Our community of wine lovers has used the Vivino Rating System to rate millions of wines, giving us an immense amount of data to spot the good wines from the bad. You may be wondering how to best use the Vivino Rating System, and here is some context that may help:
- The average Vivino rated wine is 3.6 stars
- A 4.0 Vivino rated wine is equivalent to a 90 point expert rating*
- A 4.0 Vivino rated wine is better than 85 percent of the wines on the planet
- A 4.5 Vivino rated wine is better than 99 percent of the wines on the planet
With Vivino Ratings in hand, the next question we often hear is: how much should I be paying for a good bottle of wine? An average bottle of wine? And how about an extraordinary bottle of wine?
As the world’s largest online wine marketplace, we aggregate prices from tens of thousands of online wine merchants, and have collected millions of prices for millions of different wines. That means we know how to spot a good deal from a bad deal.
An average bottle of red wine (3.6 rating) costs $15.66 USD while a very good bottle of wine (4.0 rating) costs $32.48 USD, on average. And even better wines become exponentially more expensive as you can see in the chart below.
While quality white wines tend to be a little less expensive, they also follow the same trend of getting exponentially more expensive the higher the rating. For white wine, an average bottle of wine (3.6 rating) costs $14.41 USD while a very good bottle of costs (4.0 rating) $24.94 USD on average.
Keep in mind that while the above are averages for all red and white wines, some styles of wine are more expensive than other styles, even if quality is the same. For example, there is so much market demand for Champagne, that similarly rated California Sparkling wines are much more affordable. A 4.0 Champagne costs on average $50.46 USD, while a 4.0 California Sparkling costs on average just $31.73 USD.
We hope by now you’re familiar with Vivino ratings, the average cost of wine, and how to use the Vivino Rating to spot a great deal. With the world’s largest marketplace of wines, a team of wine pros sourcing wines, and industry leading data, we promise to recommend great wines that we know you’re getting a great deal on.