Nike SB Dunk Low Champagne: The Moet Bottle Shoe Drops November 6

Sometimes a sneaker concept lands on my desk and I just have to laugh. The Nike SB Dunk Low “Champagne” is a champagne bottle in shoe form, right down to the cork, and honestly, it kind of slaps. Guy Mariano previewed it late in October and the sneaker internet has been arguing about it ever since, which is usually the sign that Nike SB did something interesting.

The build is the wild part. Instead of the usual suede and canvas, the entire upper is dark green patent leather, a Black Spruce shade that shifts between almost black and deep glossy green depending on the light. It’s straight Moët bottle energy. The Swoosh flips to bright yellow like the label on a bottle of bubbly, with Metallic Gold heel tabs and branding completing the look. Bright Ceramic orange pops underneath on the outsole. Style code is IQ0431-300, and it’s slated for November 6, 2026 at $130, which is shockingly normal pricing for something this weird.

The party trick hides under the tongue. There’s “Depuis 2002” lettering printed there, French for “Since 2002,” the year Nike SB officially launched. People are already connecting the dots to SB’s 25th anniversary coming in 2027, and a champagne themed Dunk dropping right before that milestone feels deliberate. Champagne means celebration, and Nike SB has plenty to celebrate after a quarter century of the Dunk going from skate shoe to the most collected silhouette on the planet. Nike hasn’t confirmed the anniversary tie-in, but come on.

There’s also a cork insole, which is the detail that sells the whole concept for me. Champagne corks, bottle green patent, gold foil accents. It’s a coherent theme executed through materials instead of some printed graphic of a champagne flute, which would have been terrible. The padded tongue and dark laces keep things from going full costume. It’s genuinely one of the more considered SB Dunks I’ve seen this year.

Now, the debate. Patent leather on a skate shoe is functionally pointless, and the skate purists are not wrong that this thing is a shelf queen, not a session shoe. I’d argue that’s fine. Not every SB Dunk needs to survive a ledge, and the last few years have proven the Dunk Low is as much a fashion object as a skate shoe at this point. At $130 you’re paying for the joke and the details, and for once, both are worth it. If you want one, keep an eye on Nike SNKRS and your local SB doors on November 6, because anything with this much conversation around it is not going to be an easy cop.