Possible Clues:

• Bend (like river)
• Average kind of wine knocked back causes wind
• Turn nasty before claret served up
• Wander — wind about
• Stroll involving yours truly and that Cockney woman
• Person with needle and cotton maybe securing a thread?
• Follow a twisting route
• Amble aimlessly on a winding course
• Snake renamed possibly
• Average doctor gains energy during ramble