American late-harvest wines have special problems of their own.

But in this instance they will help explain what late-harvest wines are all about.

Some of the finest late-harvest wines are made in Germany.

No one seems to know how long late-harvest wines have been made in this country, but few appeared commercially until the 1960's.

It is a sweet, late-harvest wine that doesn't need to be fortified.

Reports have called it the best vintage for these late-harvest sweet wines in 15 years.

This makes late-harvest wines - the genuine ones - expensive.

Of course, there are bad late-harvest wines produced in this country, too.

Most of the successful American late-harvest wines come from the riesling grape.

This is where the German late-harvest wines get their names.