The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word FRASCATI
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More clues leading to the result FRASCATI
- French accountant invested in sparkling wine, Italian wine
- White friar’s catechism beginning to illuminate
- Contents of Asti carafe replaced – with a different wine
- Wine in carafe mostly? It’s spilt
- Drink or brawl, ultimately promoted with Italian backing
- Brothers act differently on opening of Italian wine
- Wine in cafeteria’s drunk rejecting beer essentially
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The straight part
We know that "Italian wine" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case italian wine = frascati.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.