Hopeful about new wine being wonderful (3-9)
I believe the answer is:
awe-inspiring
'wonderful' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'hopeful about new wine' is the wordplay.
'hopeful' becomes 'aspiring' (similar in meaning).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'new' is an anagram indicator.
'wine' with letters rearranged gives 'wein'.
'aspiring' enclosing 'wein' is 'AWE-INSPIRING'.
'being' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for awe-inspiring that I've seen before include "Astonishing" , "Invoking wonder" , "Breathtaking" , "Wondrous" , "Terribly impressive" .)