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Wine and port getting approval from German (5)

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I believe the answer is:

rioja

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

'port getting approval from german' is the wordplay.
'port' becomes 'rio' (Rio de Janeiro is a port).
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'approval from german' becomes 'ja' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'rio'+'ja'='RIOJA'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for rioja that I've seen before include "Spanish wine type" , "Spanish red wine" , "Spanish wine variety" , "Spanish drink" , "kind of red" .)

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