Is the Bordeaux edifice starting to crumble, asks Simon Field MW, as he tastes the latest vintage at London's Lindley Hall

The celebrated Champagne house has launched a unique double-aged cuvée

The Compañía Vinicola del Norte de España might have one of the least inspiring names in Rioja but as CVNE (Cune), it has been charming wine lovers for 140 years with its eclectic and brilliant range

The Napa Valley wine entrepreneur’s 80-acre estate, and the wines made there, are for members only

Major investments have revolutionised Spain’s fine wine sector, and many more collectors are now engaging in blue-chip Spanish wines, Jamie Lawrence discovers

After 118 years buried under thousands of tons of chalk, a cache of intact bottles of Champagne from 1897 has been discovered. Peter Dean was there as the first bottle was opened

A 60-year-old Macallan last week sold for a record-breaking £1.5m at Sotheby's. How can a bottle of whisky be worth so much? Richard Woodard reports

The mountainous region of Alto Adige is about much more than winter skiing, as Justin Keay discovers

The 2008 vintage was one of the most remarkable in Champagne with structure and intensity to last a lifetime, says Charles Heidsieck's MD