Little drink and last of rioja creates excitement (5)
I believe the answer is:
drama
'excitement' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'little drink and last of rioja' is the wordplay.
'little drink' becomes 'dram' (small alcoholic drink. I am not sure about the 'little' bit.).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'last of' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'rioja' is 'a'.
'dram'+'a'='DRAMA'
'creates' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drama that I've seen before include "Literary genre for the stage" , "theatre show" , "Emotional situation" , "Tragic situation" , "Stage production" .)