Wine Labs Research

What 1,063 Michelin Restaurants Reveal About Wine

Published May 2026

We analysed 356,512 wine list entries across 1,063 Michelin-starred restaurants in six regions worldwide in a joint study by WineLabs and In the Mood for Wine, a weekly publication on fine wine as an investment led by Sara Danese.

The wine menus of Michelin-starred restaurants matter analytically because they function as a proxy for elite market preferences, revealing how fine wine is priced, positioned and legitimised at the highest level of gastronomy.

Here's what the data reveals about the wines that make it onto the world's best tables.

1,063

Restaurants

12,839

Estates

48,263

Cuvees

357

Regions

537

Avg List Size

By Michelin Stars

1 Star (822)

2 Stars (185)

3 Stars (56)

By Restaurant Region

Europe (624)

North America (142)

Asia (132)

Other (86)

UK (83)

South America (5)

The Price of a Star

How wine pricing shifts as restaurants earn more Michelin stars

The median bottle on a 3-star wine list costs $446 — nearly 2.3x the 1-star median of $197. But even 3-star restaurants keep 25% of their list under $200.

Median Bottle Price (USD)

Price Distribution (% of list)

1 Star

2 Stars

3 Stars

The Most Ubiquitous Producers

Estates found across the highest share of Michelin restaurants — and how deep their presence goes

Krug appears on 42.8% of all Michelin wine lists, with an average of 4.9 listings per restaurant that carries it. Champagne houses dominate the top of this list — 5 of the top 15 spots are held by sparkling wine producers. Click a row to see the top cuvées driving each producer's presence.

Producer	Restaurants	% of lists	Avg depth	Median depth	Max depth	Total listings
▸Krug	455	42.8%	4.9	3	68	2,243
▸Dom Perignon	450	42.3%	4.7	2	127	2,111
▸Chateau d'Yquem	399	37.5%	5.8	2	100	2,314
▸Gaja	389	36.6%	7.1	3	131	2,763
▸Champagne Bollinger	364	34.2%	3.7	2	72	1,337
▸Louis Roederer	362	34.1%	4.1	2	33	1,478
▸Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia	336	31.6%	5.4	2	62	1,823
▸Chateau Margaux	334	31.4%	4.5	2	94	1,497
▸Champagne Ruinart	332	31.2%	3	2	26	986
▸Domaine Leflaive	332	31.2%	6.5	3	89	2,170
▸Chateau Mouton Rothschild	326	30.7%	5	2.5	82	1,631
▸Vega Sicilia	325	30.6%	5.1	3	48	1,668
▸Benjamin-Louis - Didier Dagueneau	311	29.3%	5.2	3	188	1,606
▸Domaine de la Romanee-Conti	309	29.1%	11.7	5	111	3,618
▸Chateau Haut-Brion	308	29.0%	4.9	2	103	1,502

Three-Star Darlings

Producers disproportionately likely to appear on a 3-star restaurant's wine list

Some estates punch above their weight at the very top. Domaine Violot-Guillemard shows up at 35.7% of the restaurants that carry it being 3-star — roughly 12× the base rate, since 3-star restaurants are only about 3% of our dataset. Minimum 10 total restaurants & 4 at 3-star to avoid small-sample noise.

How Deep Is the Cellar?

Number of distinct estates per restaurant by star level

The median 2-star restaurant carries 159 distinct estates — more than double the 1-star median of 77. The variance is huge: the deepest list in our dataset offers 907 estates.

1 Star

median estates

P25: 18P75: 157Max: 794

2 Stars

159

median estates

P25: 72P75: 264Max: 720

3 Stars

184

median estates

P25: 78P75: 310Max: 907

Bubbles & the Green Wave

How Champagne share and organic adoption change with star count

Champagne's median share creeps up modestly with stars — 7.1% at 1-star versus 8.8% at 3-star — while averages show a wider lift (10.6% → 11.8% at 2-star), a sign that top lists skew Champagne-heavy even when the typical list doesn't. Organic adoption is essentially flat: 9.3% at 1-star, 10.3% at 3-star.

Median Champagne Share of List

Organic Wine Share

Where the Wine Comes From

Country of origin breakdown by Michelin star level

France strengthens its grip at the top: 53.7% of 1-star listings are French, rising to 60.4% at 3-star. The USA jumps from 5.9% at 1-star to 11% at 3-star, driven by California Cabernets and Pinot Noirs.

1 Star

2 Stars

3 Stars

Rankings by Star Level

Top 10 wine regions, producers, and cuvees — broken down by Michelin star tier

1 Star

2 Stars

3 Stars

Local Taste, Global Wine

What wine regions dominate the list depending on where the restaurant is located

Restaurant region:

Data sourced from 1,063 Michelin-starred restaurants worldwide. Analysis by Wine Labs.