| MACON | City in central France, a centre of the wine-producing region of lower Burgundy (5) |
| LARIOJA | Spanish region in the wine-producing valley of the River Ebro (2,5) |
| OSMOSIS | The net movement of solvents molecules, usually water from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration through a partially permeable membrane (7) |
| BORDEAUX | French port on the River Garonne that is a major centre of the wine trade |
| ORLEANS | City in north central France, a battle site during the Hundred Years War (7) |
| ARDECHE | 125km long river in south-central France, a right-bank tributary of the River Rhone (7) |
| WESER | With 10-Down, region of Lower Saxony |
| SUNSPOTS | Regions of lower temperature, and therefore lower brilliance, on the surface of the Sun (8) |
| NEAR | Close to the middle of the wine area |
| RIOJA | A wine-producing region of northern Spain (5) |
| VICHY | City in central France (5) |
| CLUNY | Town in central France, site of a Benedictine Abbey founded in 910 (5) |
| TOURS | Town in central France on the River Loire with a Gothic cathedral (5) |
| LOIRE | ____ Valley, French wine-producing region that includes the cities of Orleans and Tours (5) |
| ASSAM | Tea-producing region of India (5) |
| OTAGO | Love label linked with old wine-producing region (5) |
| CRUST | Living way east of wine-producing region |
| BEAUJOLAIS | Wine producing region of eastern France, known for its fruity red wines made from the Gamay Noir grape (10) |
| NEVERS | City in central France: capital of the former duchy of Nivernais (6) |
| MEDOC | Wine-producing region |
