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Second attempt to market English wine (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

moselle

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

'second attempt to market english' is the wordplay.
'second attempt' becomes 'mo' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to market' becomes 'sell' (I've seen this in another clue).
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'mo'+'sell'+'e'='MOSELLE'

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(Other definitions for moselle that I've seen before include "French department" , "Light white wine" , "French or German white wine" , "Fr. river, department; German wine" , "River; white wine" .)

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