| LARIOJA | Spanish region in the wine-producing valley of the River Ebro (2,5) |
| MACON | City in central France, a centre of the wine-producing region of lower Burgundy (5) |
| SMAGLEN | Steep-sided valley of the River Almond in Perthshire (3,4) |
| ZARAGOZA | City in northeast Spain on the River Ebro; capital of the Kingdom of Aragon from the 12th century (8) |
| LOGRONO | Capital of the autonomous province of La Rioja in northern Spain, on the Ebro River (7) |
| RIOJA | Wine produced close to the River Ebro in northern Spain |
| SANGRIA | A grain's moving about in the wine (7) |
| HEMLOCK | Put some lemon squash in the wine and it could be fatal! (7) |
| WINTERY | Chilly and tense in the wine factory (7) |
| HERETO | Somehow the River Ebro when crossing the middle is so far |
| SARAGOSSA | English name for a city on the River Ebro in north-east Spain (9) |
| HADDOCK | Add in the wine and fish (7) |
| TORTOSA | City in Catalonia, NE Spain on the Ebro River (7) |
| DISS | Norfolk town in the valley of the River Waveney close to the border with Suffolk |
| NOSES | Whether discerning the bouquet in the wine, the orange in marmalade shred, the pine scent in the trees or the turkey of a vast Christmas spread, they are rhinal snoots or hooters, often glowing Rudolp |
| NAPA | Wine-producing valley just north of San Francisco (4) |
| LOIRE | Wine producing valley in France (5) |
| LAMANCHA | Spanish region in which the story of Don Quixote takes place (2,6) |
| MERCIA | Kingdom centred on the valley of the River Trent from approx 527-900AD whose capital was Tamworth |
| RHONE | French wine-producing valley |
