### Clue: Some wine is very, very dry – inadequate alongside the others (8)
### Answer: VARIETAL 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Some wine
 V(abbrev. for "very") + "arid"(very dry) **minus its last letter**(inadequate) **plus**(alongside) ET AL(from the Latin, et alii/aliae/alia;the others).
Answer: Those wines that are made chiefly from one variety of grape and labelled with that name.