Here are Matt Walls' top scoring wines from the Rhône 2016 vintage, all rated above 95 points.
 

The Liv-ex 1000 index gained nearly 3% in November led by the Burgundy 150 which continued its powerful drive as the index overall hit yet another record high.

With two months left to report, the index is up 3.9% year-to-date. Not quite the excitement of 2016, but a slow and steady pace suggesting there is still some momentum in the market.

For Cornwall’s Camel Valley vineyard, there’s nothing like interacting with those who love its award-winning wines. The family-run business shares its secrets

After years of being effectively overshadowed by their historically high en primeur release prices, the Bordeaux 2010 wines and their Liv-ex performance are on the up.

A busy week on the exchange meant that although the absolute value of Bordeaux trade remained flat, the region’s market share fell. Activity from all other regions apart from the Rhone crept up.

Trevor David Jones emptied shiraz and chardonnay from Barossa Valley’s Kellermeister Wines worth almost $300,000, following family breakdown.

Michael Egan is a fine wine expert and consultant who specialises in the detection of counterfeit wines. In 2013 Egan was the principal expert witness for the trials of Eric Greenberg and Rudy Kurniawan. 

Burgundy wines led gains on the Liv-ex wine market last month while Bordeaux lagged, with a 2.5 percent monthly gain on the regional Burgundy 150 Index.

Wine Legend: Château Cheval Blanc 1947, St-Emilion, Bordeaux, France
 

In the wake of the devastating fires, tourists are cancelling their trips to California wine country in droves. But that's not what the locals want.

The Liv-ex 1000 – the broadest measure of the market – gained 1% in October to close on 324.47. This is a record high for the index.

Spanish winemaker Miguel Torres Snr has said that wineries must aim to be carbon neutral and that he is looking at ways to re-use carbon dioxide from fermentation as part of a project that involves investing more than 10% of company profits annually

Chateau Ausone in Saint Emilion and Pomerol producers Le Pin and Petrus were among the most-traded wines on the London-based Liv-ex market in the past week, with Le Pin 2009 reaching a record after being the most active wine this month.

Wine additives such as extracts of dried fish bladders and animal pancreases should be listed on bottle labels to discourage their use, according to France’s first female Master of Wine.

Critics continue to note a renaissance in the Australian fine wine industry, with new producers going against the older styles of their predecessors. Meanwhile trade on the secondary market continues to develop. 

When it came to a struggle between online and real-life sales, the internet giant made an unlikely choice.

Chardonnay will soon surpass Meunier to become the second most planted grape in Champagne, according to Bollinger cellar master Giles Descôtes.

It may be time to stockpile wine because the amount being produced in Europe is at a “historical low”.

In the past decade-and-a-half, fine wine prices have increased significantly. Records for the Fine Wine 50 Index, which tracks prices of the First Growths, go back to December 2003. Since then, the index has risen 250%