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It's a flipping sparkling wine (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

asti

'sparkling wine' is the definition.
(Asti is a type of sparkling wine)

'it's a flipping' is the wordplay.
'flipping' is a reversal indicator.
'its'+'a'='itsa'
'itsa' back-to-front is 'ASTI'.

(Other definitions for asti that I've seen before include "Italian town, famous for its wine" , "Fizzy wine" , "Capital of a north-west Italian province, known for its sparking wine" , "Sparkling drink" , "18" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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