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 really 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 within the answer.
'wine' could be 'm' (I have seen 'French wine ' mean 'm' so perhaps 'wine' could also mean 'm') and 'm' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
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" .)