Governess around isle was a wine producer (12)
I believe the answer is:
mademoiselle
'governess' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'around isle was a wine producer' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'around' could be 'o' (a round letter) and 'o' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'isle' is 'isel' which is present in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
'wine' could be 'm' (I have seen 'French wine ' mean 'm' so perhaps 'wine' could also mean 'm') and 'm' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mademoiselle that I've seen before include "Young Frenchwoman" , "Parisian girl" , "Foreign woman" , "French miss" , "French girl; governess" .)