Brought up-to-date wine plugged by European tax-free? (9)
I believe the answer is:
renovated
'brought up-to-date' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'wine plugged by european tax-free?' is the wordplay.
'wine' becomes 'red wine' (red is a type of wine).
'plugged by' indicates putting letters inside (plug can mean to block up a gap).
'european tax free?' becomes 'novate' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'red' enclosing 'novate' is 'RENOVATED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for renovated that I've seen before include "Done up" , "Healthy again" .)