Bad, in France, to have regular absence of red wine (6)

'red wine' is the definition.
'malbec' can be an answer for 'wine' (type of wine). I'm not sure about the 'red' bit.

'bad in france to have regular absence' is the wordplay.
'bad in france' becomes 'mal' ('bad' in French).
'to have' says to put letters next to each other.
'regular' indicates alternate letters.
The alternate letters of 'absence' are 'bec'.
'mal'+'bec'='MALBEC'

'of' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?