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Now now, my friend........you know better. That wasn't fermented wine as we know it; not the wine that Jesus drank. Well known fact, well established.

Nonsense. Jesus drank wine. Fermented wine with alcohol in it.

Jesus would drink better beer then Budweiser though.

No, bone up on your ancient Middle East history. It was NOT fermented. Yes, there WAS fermented wine, but remember that you're reading translations of translations. In sum, the wine that Jesus drank was NOT fermented (and hey.......I'm no tee-totaller........I LOVE a good bourbon :) ).

In those days, the days of Jesus, there was no refigeration, hence, the fermentation of the fruit of the grape was up to nature.

If the juice of the grape was young, meaning that it was just from the vine and had not set for any length of time, it would have been lightly fermented. It would have been a drink with little, but some, alcohol. If, on the other hand, it would have been allowed to set and ferment for a longer period of time, it would have been more potent (in alcoholic content).

The wine, in those days, had an amount of alcohloic content. Some less, some more. The people of that time knew this, and the beverages were considered a gift, and they cherished the taste and the experience of the wine. They considered it a gift from God and it was coveted as riches for the common man.

Note: all wine has a certain amount of alcohol, that is a biochemical fact. How you treat that wine, preserve it, let it brew, etc. is the factor in the alcoholic content of the wine.

Try this: pick grapes, smash the juice out of those grapes, let the juice and the fruit set of one day. Then drain off only the juice and let it set for another 4 days. Then drink it. You will get a buzz. Why? The sugar and juice are in the grape, the yeast (in the form of yeast spores) grow on the skin of the grape. God's perfect booze! All you have to do is follow the instructions. "Pick, stomp, wait, contain, and wait again"! Direct to you from that little old wine maker....God!