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Make flooring under counter red (9)

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I believe the answer is:

bardolino

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'red' is the definition.
(type of red wine)

'make flooring under counter' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'make' could be 'do' (do can mean to make or prepare) and 'do' is found in the answer.
'counter' could be 'bar' (bar is a kind of counter) and 'bar' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'lino' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for bardolino that I've seen before include "Red wine from northern Italy" , "Kind of red" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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