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Rise drunkenly to get Heather some wine (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

riesling

'some wine' is the definition.
(Riesling is an example)

'rise drunkenly to get heather' is the wordplay.
'drunkenly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'heather' becomes 'ling' ('ling' can be a synonym of 'heather'**).
'rise' is an anagram of 'ries'.
'ries'+'ling'='RIESLING'

(Other definitions for riesling that I've seen before include "German/Austrian wine" , "Aromatic white wine from the Rhine valley" , "Fragrant white wine from the Rhine valley or from California" , "Dry white wine (German)" , "Strange wine for Sir Ingle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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