Artisan periodically bottles one drink or another (5)
I believe the answer is:
rioja
'drink or another' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'artisan periodically bottles one' is the wordplay.
'periodically' indicates alternate letters (letters must be selected 'every so often').
'bottles' indicates putting letters inside ('bottle' can mean to contain).
'one' becomes 'oj' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The alternating letters of 'artisan' are 'ria'.
'ria' placed around 'oj' is 'RIOJA'.
(Other definitions for rioja that I've seen before include "Spanish table wine" , "Wine from northern Spain" , "Spanish drink" , "Open space (ancient Greek)" , "Dry red wine from Spain" .)