We had a preacher who preached from the pulpit that at the marriage at Cana,
“And that is where Jesus changed the water into pure unfermented grape juice!”. We just quietly grinned to ourselves.
I believe it was the excess of drinking in the 1800s that lead to the Carry Nation attitude on alcohol.
It was in the 18th century I believe that wine was distilled into brandy and fortified wine, maybe earlier - Falstaff drank it. It’s possible to get drunk on wine. Beer is more difficult because it’s more filling but a few shots of distilled alcohol makes it quicker.