Agitated air following rejection of cheese and wine (7)
I believe the answer is:
madeira
'wine' is the definition.
(Madeira is an example)
'agitated air following rejection of cheese' is the wordplay.
'agitated' indicates an anagram.
'following' says to put letters next to each other.
'rejection of' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'cheese' becomes 'edam' (Edam is an example**).
'edam' reversed gives 'made'.
'air' with letters rearranged gives 'ira'.
'ira' after 'made' is 'MADEIRA'.
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for madeira that I've seen before include "Island in the Atlantic Ocean" , "Sponge-cake" , "Portuguese island off northwest Africa" , "A fortified wine, a rich sponge" , "Dessert wine from a Portuguese Atlantic island" .)