Passes on drinking French wine and looks for water (7)
I believe the answer is:
divines
'looks for water' is the definition.
'passes on drinking french wine' is the wordplay.
'passes on' becomes 'dies'.
'drinking' indicates putting letters inside.
'french wine' becomes 'vin' (I've seen this before).
'dies' placed around 'vin' is 'DIVINES'.
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for divines that I've seen before include "Apprehends" , "men of the cloth" , "Discovers by dowsing" .)