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It's a rising wine region (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

asti

'wine region' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'it's a rising' is the wordplay.
'rising' says the letters should be written in reverse (in a down clue, letters go up).
'its'+'a'='itsa'
'itsa' back-to-front is 'ASTI'.

(Other definitions for asti that I've seen before include "Sparkling wine named after an Italian Piedmont town" , "Italian white wine" , "- spumante, It. wine" , "Bubbly wine" , "town in Italy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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