| UNWOUND | A French wine primarily robust, not opened and chilled |
| STURDY | Robust - not like a sheep suffering it (6) |
| RATAFIA | Primarily, robust alcoholic tipple, acerbic from infused almonds? (7) |
| CABG | Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the |
| PAWN | Have a go at drinking wine, primarily hock (4) |
| APPRENTICED | Ordered paper books and chilled as a trainee (11) |
| HELPMEDOCTOR | Request for a cure involving a French wine region? |
| RHONE | River running through France and Switzerland; or, a French wine region (5) |
| PRAVIN | Hero of Sars got publicity ... and a French wine (6) |
| CHIANTI | Dry red Tuscan wine primarily produced from Sangiovese grapes, traditionally served in a straw-covered bottle (fiasco) (7) |
| DRAWN | Opened and closed without a winner (5) |
| TAPSTER | Pinot opened and put in wine goblet ? by me? (7) |
| SNAKED | Twisted and turned system, opened and stripped down (6) |
| ROLAG | Wool opened and carded into a lofty, fluffy preparation |
| SPATCHCOCK | A fowl slit sideways, opened and then grilled flat (10) |
| TAB | It's opened and closed at a bar |
| RIOJA | Wine, primarily red one Don Juan sampled intermittently? |
| TOKAY | Hungarian sweet wine primarily made from the Furmint grape (5) |
| SACKRACE | Stock wine primarily for fun on sports day? |
| RELAXED | Note starter of lobster, chopped and chilled |
