Battered tins are for wine (7)
I believe the answer is:
retsina
'wine' is the definition.
(retsina is a kind of wine)
'battered tins are' is the wordplay.
'battered' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tins'+'are'='tinsare'
'tinsare' anagrammed gives 'RETSINA'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for retsina that I've seen before include "Nastier (anag) - white (or rose) wine" , "Oily-tasting Greek white wine" , "Greek wine - nastier sort" , "S European wine" , "Greek drink" .)