Rye is one to down, reportedly, with strong wines (6,5)
I believe the answer is:
cinque ports
'rye is one' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'down reportedly with strong wines' is the wordplay.
'down reportedly' becomes 'cinque' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'strong wines' becomes 'ports' (I've seen this in another clue).
'cinque'+'ports'='CINQUE PORTS'
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cinque ports that I've seen before include "Historic Southeast coast towns" , "Ancient association of harbour towns on southeast coast" , "Dover, Hastings, Hythe, Romney and Sandwich" .)