The modern thing to drink? (3,4)

'the' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'modern thing to drink?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'modern' could be 'new' (associated in meaning) and 'new' is found in the answer.
'drink?' could be 'wine' (wine is an alcoholic drink) and 'wine' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?