A lot of poetry about international name in drink suppliers (8)
I believe the answer is:
vintners
'a lot of poetry' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'international name in drink suppliers' is the wordplay.
'international' becomes 'int' (abbreviation for international).
'name' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'drink suppliers' becomes 'vers' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'int'+'n'='intn'
'intn' placed inside 'vers' is 'VINTNERS'.
'about' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vintners that I've seen before include "Wine merchants" , "trades in port, perhaps" , "14 [SWANUPPING] company" .)