Victory in last race for stable? Grounds for producing bottles of champagne! (8)
I believe the answer is:
vineyard
'producing bottles of champagne' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'victory in last race for stable? grounds' is the wordplay.
'victory' becomes 'v'.
'last' says to take the final letters.
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'stable? grounds' becomes 'yard' ('yard' can be a synonym of 'grounds'. I am not sure about the 'stable?' bit.**).
The final letter of 'race' is 'e'.
'v'+'in'+'e'+'yard'='VINEYARD'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vineyard that I've seen before include "Place where grapes grow" , "Farm of grapes" , "Wine farm" , "Grapes are grown here" , "Grape plantation" .)