WineNews reports that Domaine de la Romanée-Conti’s Romanée-Conti remains the world’s most expensive wine in Wine-Searcher’s latest ranking, with an average market price of $20,405 per bottle. More significant for the wider fine-wine market, average prices among the ten most expensive wines increased only 1.52% over the past year, compared with 43.9% previously, pointing to a sharp slowdown at the very top end. Burgundy continues to dominate the ranking, while Giacomo Conterno’s Barolo Riserva Monfortino leads Italy at an average €1,083 per bottle.