My knowledge has been expanded considerably!

Nice Friday grid! Enjoy your Friday night tipple.thankyou..

Very good grid... I only got 2 connections

Most enjoyable as ever Blues... Iechyd da, Proost, Salut, Sláinte, Noroc, Skål, Yammas... etc. ;) ...Wiz - already imbibed more than enough of my "Friday night tipple" methinks! (Obviously for me it's just a "Friday" thing, it's not like I've got a problem or anything... lol)

I thank you.
I have quaffed in the fashion of a very thirsty man.

good one - though I think it might be a bit over generous as I just guessed 'glass' for the wine one based on not much and got a point which I definitely didn't deserve ;)

Good,Blues ...glad to hear that! NL YCN N CT...you too,and I see that you have no problem too in typing straight:))))

Ish Goodsh.

Thanks, I enjoyed this quiz, but types of saxophone should be an acceptable answer for 'soprano', 'alto', 'tenor' and 'baritone' as well as vocal ranges :)

Kat you are probably correct but only because you enjoy Piña Colada and dancing in the rain.... Or something like that.
Anyway the solution is irrefutable or maybe saxophoable... ish

Funnily enough I was drinking wine by our church windows only this morning but I reckon they'd watered It down. Not like in the old days when I had to drain the chalice and sang louder on the way home than during the service. A very entertaining and informative grid. Thanks.

we need a wine grid toast. Thank you for the feedback.

Good effort Blues, Like the wine explanation.

For the RATES question how can the answer they all use the same letters be incorrect?
Otherwise a good grid - thanks.

Types of saxophones should be an acceptable answer, as should vocal parts (more accurate than vocal range). Sax answer is better than the vocal one because standard SATB for vocal means soprano, alto, tenor, bass (not baritone), but the standard sax section in a big band is soprano, alto, tenor, baritone.

Saxy: Thank you for the marvellous musical missive. When I wrote the grid (not wishing to blow my own trumpet, or...) I didn't even consider saxophones but now you mention it then it seems a plausible option although the solution is acceptable.
Sally: You are not incorrect, but surely that is what an anagram is?

More wine please vicar.

But can the anagram of a word be the word Itself?

Nicely raised point Claret, my guess is probably not but the words in question are agranams of each other not a single subject.
Would the collective noun for Claret be cartel?
A cartel of claret.... Need a glass of red now.

Thanks for this Bleus. Just wanted some claretificaton.

I think Claret has been imbibing his/her namesake.