Novice in misdirected row about vineyards (7)
I believe the answer is:
recruit
'novice' is the definition.
(recruit is a kind of novice)
'misdirected row about vineyards' is the wordplay.
'misdirected' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (letters go in the wrong direction).
'row' becomes 'tier' (a tier is a row of things).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'vineyards' becomes 'cru' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'tier' back-to-front is 'reit'.
'reit' enclosing 'cru' is 'RECRUIT'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for recruit that I've seen before include "New entrant as to the army or police" , "Newly enlisted soldier etc" , "He's just joined up, often the armed forces" , "New soldier" , "Newly enlisted person" .)