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Boyfriend with case of non-vintage wine (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beaune

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'vintage wine' is the definition.
'Beaune' can be an answer for 'wine' (I have seen 'French wine ' mean 'beaune' so perhaps 'wine' could also mean 'beaune'). I am unsure of the 'vintage' bit.

'boyfriend with case of non' is the wordplay.
'boyfriend' becomes 'beau' (synonyms).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'case of' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (like emptying a case).
'non' becomes 'negative' (similar in meaning).
'negative' with its centre taken out is 'ne'.
'beau'+'ne'='BEAUNE'

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for beaune that I've seen before include "French wine region" , "Red Burgundy wine" , "French wine centre" .)

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