| GRAPES | Fruits such as those cultivated in the appellation d'origine controlee wine regions of Provence (6) |
| COTESDURHONE | Appellation d'origine controlee of southern French wine (5,2,5) |
| RHONE | Cotes du --; one of the appellation controlee vineyard regions of France (5) |
| MUSCAT | Essential to store up appellation controlee wine |
| BARSAC | Pub has appellation controlee wine |
| MARGAUX | Wine appellation d'origine that is the most southerly of Medoc's appellations (7) |
| NUTLET | The stone in certain fruits such as the peach or cherry (6) |
| LEMONS | With aromatic peel used to make twists or spirals for garnishing drinks, citrus fruits such as the Sfusato variety growing on the Amalfi Coast (6) |
| GRAVES | Wine region of Bordeaux; or, the author of The White Goddess (6) |
| FRANCE | Burgundy and the Loire Valley are two major wine regions in this country (6) |
| NUTMEG | Tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed, source of two spices (6) |
| CITRUS | Fruits such as oranges, lemons (6) |
| GOURDS | Fruits such as squashes and pumpkins (6) |
| POTATO | Solanaceous plant first cultivated in the Andes for its edible tubers about 1,800 years ago (6) |
| ALSACE | White wine region of northeast France (6) |
| CHABLIS | Variety of appellation controlee Chardonnay from a Burgundy wine region of the same name in France (7) |
| GRENOBLE | French city known as the "Capital of the Alps" noted for appellation controlee walnuts grown in the Isere Valley (8) |
| CYANIDE | Toxic chemical compound first isolated from Prussian blue in 1782 and present in high quantities in the stones and seeds of fruits such as apples, apricots and peaches (7) |
| BLET | State of softness or decay in certain fruits, such as the medlar, brought about by over-ripening (4) |
| CORE | The central part of certain fruits, such as the apple or pear (4) |
