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I admire your dedication Jazzy! I’ll post the solution and put everyone out of their misery…

I’m grateful to all who attempted this little distraction! It looks like most have finished now, so here’s the solution…

Definitions are underlined
1. Tense story (4) - tale
t (tense) + ALE
2. Flustered Trump on a webinar? (11) - portmanteau
(trump on a)* + TEA
3. Synthetic listed company (7) - plastic
PLC (listed company) + ASTI
4. Drug lord’s ambassador (4) - pope
e (drug) + POP
5. Almighty No.10 mix-up (10) - omnipotent
(No + totem)* + NIP
6. Wither 4 perhaps (6) - divine
Die (wither) + VIN
7. Sailor’s incarnation (6) - avatar
Tar (sailor) + AVA (a narcotic drink)
8. Doctor given skin treatment (6) - DRINKS
Dr + (skin)* (no definition)
9. Old silver (5) - aging
Ag + GIN
10. Symbol of respect confused setter (5) - totem
Me (‘setter’, reversed) + TOT
11. Very best dispenser of 8, almost (7) - optimum
Opti(c) + MUM (a malt beer)
12. Tears back with enthusiasm (6) - spirit
Rips (reversed) + IT (Italian vermouth)
13. Large mess (5) - chaos
OS (large) + CHA
14. Border stumped (5) - skirt
St (stumped) + KIR
15. Soft, not poetical (5) - prose
P + ROSÉ

And the anagram…

ARMAGNAC

Thanks for an excellent puzzle Jono.
I would have solved it much sooner, but I was looking for a drink in every answer, and some were" related to drinks". I found the last 3 letters of 11 in Chambers 12th.

Jono
Two errors for me:
2 I had em BAR rassed (bar)
7 I had avatar, but chose VAT for the wine vessel

‘Ava’ is a little obscure. It’s made from peppers apparently! Bradford’s lists it and Chambers references it under ‘kava’.

Thanks Jono, even though drinks are my specialist subject I only got 9 of them. I too thought winebar for 2 and lager for 13 although I did get chaos. Pleased the Pope is the ECB`S Cricket ambassador 🏏

I should get Bradfords but I am trying to declutter - too many books at the moment !

Excellent, jono. Thanks for that. I didn't get 2 and 6 and a couple of your nudges helped.

Was hovering between crust and skirt for 14 for a little while but pleased to see that the one I decided on was correct. Crust doesn’t really mean border after all.

Got the rest although as I mentioned was torn between optimum and optimal. Wasn’t totally sure if Jono had thrown in almost as a double dealer for malt whisky as well. But I did find mention of some beer that I had never heard of on google so stuck with mum.

Thanks jono.

Thanks for a great effort, Jono. I also wrote in 'lager' to start, and spent some time trying to parse 'omnipotent' with an anagram of 'ten' at the end, before I reached #10.
I hadn't heard of 'ava' or 'mum' but they are in Bradfords ....