With New Year celebrations coming up, many households may be considering splashing out on a bottle of champagne to make a toast to 2023.
However, with the posher brands costing anything upwards of £30 a pop, some may be rethinking the extravagant purchase as they look to cut back costs on their shop. While most supermarkets offer own-brand versions of the fizz at a cheaper cost, shoppers may well worry that a reduced price will equal a reduction in taste and quality too.
But it seems that these concerns are unfounded, as the Manchester Evening News put four bottles of champagne with different price tags to the test - and found that the cheapest one topped the taste test overall. Here's the verdict from the MEN reviewer on champagne from Lidl, Aldi, and Marks & Spencer.