The steamed dumplings, a combination of ground pork, shrimp, dried mushrooms and cucumber, are surprisingly chunky, rich but not heavy, and delicately sweet.

The flesh was white and delicately sweet.

The flirtatious '99 Electra (93 points), a fizzy sibling of Essencia reminiscent of a feathery moscato d'Asti, though delicately sweet, has a dry edge.

Yet admirers of Chateau Musar tend to define it in common terms: deep-colored, fragrant, spicy, pungent, herbal, delicately sweet and, invariably, unique.

Germany has its vast reach of riesling styles, from dry and stony to delicately sweet to gloriously syrupy.

There was much talking and laughing, and a couple of the island's musicians had set up their steel drums on the grocery's porch, intertwining their delicately sweet rhythms and motioning occasionally to an upturned hat used to catch coins.

Delicately sweet strands of julienned beets ($4.35) were great alone, but perfect when dipped into sharp but airy horseradish cream.

To her surprise and delight, a true and delicately sweet sound emerged.

With rich-dessert overkill the holiday norm, a classy wine that provides a charming illusion of restraint is Michele Chiarlo's delicately sweet '96 Moscato d'Asti called Nivole.

Delicately sweet crab cakes, just touched with chili, were served on a bed of arugula, with a cucumber cream salad and a dab of chili jam.