A question - and a very Italian strong drink (7)
I believe the answer is:
aquavit
'strong drink' is the definition.
(aquavit is a kind of strong drink)
'a question and a very italian' is the wordplay.
'question' becomes 'qu'.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a very' becomes 'av' (I've seen this in other clues).
'italian' becomes 'it'.
'a'+'qu'+'av'+'it'='AQUAVIT'
(Other definitions for aquavit that I've seen before include "Scandinavian flavoured spirit" , "The Swedish drink" , "An alcoholic spirit originally from Scandinavia" , "strong drink" .)