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Saved some wine to pour inside (8)

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I believe the answer is:

reserved

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'saved' is the definition.
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'some wine to pour inside' is the wordplay.
'some wine' becomes 'red' (red is a type of wine).
'to pour' becomes 'serve' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'inside' is an insertion indicator.
'red' going around 'serve' is 'RESERVED'.

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(Other definitions for reserved that I've seen before include "Shy; booked" , "Booked in advance, being somewhat taciturn?" , "not forthcoming" , "Set aside; reticent" , "Slow to reveal opinions; kept by" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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