Local wine and half a curry university covers (3,2,4)

'local wine' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'half a curry university covers' is the wordplay.
'half a' suggests halving the letters.
'curry' becomes 'vindaloo' (type of curry).
'university' becomes 'U' (abbreviation for university).
'covers' becomes 'pays' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'vindaloo' halved is 'vind'.
'vind'+'u'+'pays'='VIN DU PAYS'

'and' acts as a link.

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