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Port and fine German wine (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rioja

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'wine' is the definition.
(Rioja is an example)

'port and fine german' is the wordplay.
'port' becomes 'rio' (Rio de Janeiro is a port).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'fine german' becomes 'ja' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rio'+'ja'='RIOJA'

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(Other definitions for rioja that I've seen before include "North Spanish wine" , "Spanish wine variety" , "Dry red wine from Spain" , "Spanish red wine" , "Spanish table wine" .)

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