Possible Clues:

• Spin or twist together
• String trio start on Rioja, for example
• Cord attaching stern of boat to port
• Accordingly one may get something alcoholic after tea
• Wind giving double trouble at the rear?
• Time to drink a twist
• It's all according to what you drink after tea
• Point of fork catching wife’s thread
• Package string
• String along with this and have a drink after tea