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Good press extremely desirable for wine department (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gironde

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'wine department' is the definition.
'gironde' can be an answer for 'department' (I have seen 'French department' mean 'gironde' so perhaps 'department' could also mean 'gironde'). I am not certain of the 'wine' bit.

'good press extremely desirable' is the wordplay.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'press' becomes 'iron' (ironing is a kind of pressing).
'extremely' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (only the extremes of the word are used).
'desirable' with its centre taken out is 'de'.
'g'+'iron'+'de'='GIRONDE'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for gironde that I've seen before include "French department around Bordeaux" , "Origin of claret" , "French river" , "Region of France" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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