Around tavernas essentially it's drunk neat regularly (7)
I believe the answer is:
retsina
'around tavernas essentially it's drunk neat regularly' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'tavernas essentially it's drunk neat regularly' is the wordplay.
'essentially' indicates the central letters.
'drunk' indicates anagramming the letters.
'regularly' indicates alternate letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
The central letters of 'tavernas' are 'er'.
The alternating letters of 'neat' are 'na'.
'er'+'its'='erits'
'erits' anagrammed gives 'retsi'.
'retsi'+'na'='RETSINA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for retsina that I've seen before include "Greek wine - nastier sort" , "Nastier (anag) - Greek wine" , "Greek drink" , "Greek resin-flavoured wine" , "Type of Greek wine" .)