A wine lineup from a 2019 fine wine dinner at La Foresta Restaurant & Wine Bar in Killingworth, among the 2020 honorees by Wine Spectator.

Wine Spectator honored 34 Connecticut venues for excellence in its 2020 Restaurant Awards compilation. Announced in June, the annual list highlights restaurants around the globe for their wine lists. “Best of” Award of Excellence designations were given to Max Downtown, Hartford; The Capital Grille, Hartford and Stamford; Artisan, West Hartford and Southport; Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, West Hartford; Barcelona Wine Bar, West Hartford, New Haven, Fairfield, Norwalk and Stamford; Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Newington; 2 Hopewell, Glastonbury; Millwright’s Restaurant and Tavern, Simsbury; Cava Restaurant, Southington; Viron Rondo Osteria, Cheshire; The Restaurant at Winvian Farm, Morris; Arethusa al tavolo, Bantam; La Foresta Restaurant & Wine Bar, Killingworth; The Essex, Centerbrook; The Griswold Inn Wine Bar, Essex; Zinc, New Haven; Kensington’s Restaurant, Norwich; Shell & Bones Oyster Bar and Grill, New Haven; Nouveau Monde, Sandy Hook; Fife ‘n Drum Restaurant & Inn, Kent; Vue 24, Mashantucket; David Burke Prime Steakhouse, Mashantucket; Caputo Trattoria, Mashantucket; Castello Restaurant, Danbury; Bernard’s, Ridgefield; Tony’s at the J House, Riverside; L’Escale Restaurant, Greenwich; and Rebeccas, Greenwich.