The 1997 Grand Awards: this year, only five restaurants had wine lists that join the ranks of the world's very best

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Fine restaurants with excellent wine lists are reviewed. They are: Canlis in Seattle; Friends Lake Inn in Chestertown, NY; Galileo in Washington DC; Il Poeta Contadino in Alberobello, Italy; and The Restaurant at the Little Nell in Aspen, CO.

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European white wines face 200 percent tariff

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US trade representative Carla Hills announced that a punitive tariff would be imposed upon white wines and some other European Community goods if France did not cut some agricultural subsidies. The wine industry's response is profiled.

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1992 harvest: topsy-turvy in Europe; big crop in California

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California's 1992 wines could be good, and the vintage may also be good for Burgundy. Bordeaux did not fare as well. Some German wines are expected to be excellent. Heavy rains in Europe adversely affected some harvests.

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