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...Small wonder that last week's summit meeting involved little more than pruning the European agenda, and squabbling over what remains. Expansion to include Turkey? Don't hold your breath. Reform the Common Agricultural Policy? Not now. With many still stunned by the French and Dutch rejection of the new constitutional treaty, the leaders agreed to put its ratification on hold. On the other key issue on the agenda - the future budget of the E.U. - the summit ended in acrimony and mutual recrimination. Blair ruled out any change to the j5.2 billion annual rebate Britain receives from Brussels unless spending...
...BEAUMONT VINEYARDS: Headquartered at the Compagnes Drift farm?a former Dutch East India Co. outpost?this family-run winery, tel: (27-28) 284 9194, is famous for its spicy Pinotage, but, above all, it excels at dessert wine. Beaumont's aptly named Goutte d'Or, or "Drop of Gold," is a real beauty?a woody ambrosia bursting with honey, apple and apricot notes...
...Peter Finlayson has composed this wine with 43% Sangiovese, 23% Pinot Noir, 12% Nebbiolo, 11% Syrah, 6% Mourvedre and 5% Barbera grapes. The result is rich and complex, giving a concentrated, dark fruit nose, but a surprisingly gentle finish. BEAUMONT VINEYARDS Headquartered at the Compagnes Drift farm - a former Dutch East India Co. outpost - this family-run winery, tel: (27-28) 284 9194, is famous for its spicy Pinotage, but, above all, it excels at dessert wine. Beaumont's aptly named Goutte d'Or, or "Drop of Gold," is a real beauty - a woody ambrosia bursting with honey, apple...
...hundreds of dollars on eBay. Two years ago, the British magazine ArtReview compiled a Top 10 ranking of the most highly valued artists in terms of the total value of sales. Botero came out at No. 5, behind artists like Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg but ahead of Dutch painter Karel Appel and Britain's David Hockney. The editors estimated that Botero's paintings and sculptures had sold over the years for more than $57 million. Although a big chunk of those profits went to collectors, millions have been made by the artist himself. Now 73, Botero says...
...Swiss Open Up After the E.U. constitution was rejected by the French and Dutch, and another bitter scrap broke out over the E.U. budget, Brussels won a quiet sign of support last week from an unlikely corner. In a referendum, 55% of Swiss voters approved joining the E.U.-run Schengen area, which lifts internal border checks. Integration doesn't come easy to the Swiss. Voters declined membership of the European Economic Area, a staging post to full E.U. membership, in 1992; a poll in 2001 shelved the possibility of membership talks even though around two-thirds of the country...