The second course was grilled trout and fresh vegetables, with a light German wine, dry and very delicate.

"And they are also useful in wine cellars for expensive and delicate wines."

They bore trays on which were goblets of heavy green glass, containing the same delicate wine as before.

Recorked, all but very old delicate wines usually will last for several days, even longer if refrigerated.

These grapes would later make way for the region's own style of delicate, cool-climate, maritime-influenced wines.

"I'm amazed you need to ask," Pasgen said, handing her a glass into which he had poured a delicate pink wine.

In the nose, these are complex, subtle and delicate wines.

It is still considered a delicate wine, not meant for aging.

The grape is a difficult one to cultivate and produces delicate wines rarely seen outside of Greece.

This makes it more difficult to find delicate and crisp wines in the 10.5 percent to 12 percent range.