Here's an interesting piece I found in a popular forum....

With Jesus himself consuming wine, you
would think the Bible supports consuming
alcohol. But, the truth could be
otherwise, drinking could well be a sin.
One look at the happenings of the New
Testament is sure to make you shout with
joy. Assuming that, if Jesus himself shared
wine with his disciples, then drinking and
consuming alcohol cannot be a sin. While
wine and other drinks are mentioned in
the Bible, it is also true that drunkenness
has been condemned and considered a
sin.
To really know what the Bible says about
drinking, we ought to be clear what it
meant by the word wine. Wine, for
instance, was the common drink in
ancient times, and Biblical scholars are of
the view that, the water available for
drinking contained pollutants and harmful
microbes, which made it unfit for
consumption. From what is believed, the
alcohol content in wine was needed to kill
these microbes, and also to keep ailments
and infections at bay.
If all this is to be believed, then we need
to consider another factor in analyzing the
reference of wine. The alcoholic content
in wine back then, and now, is bound to
differ, solely because the process of
distillation began only around 1000 A.D.
To know the truth, let’s try to decipher
the actual messages from the Bible.
Thus spoke the Lord
Drink no wine or strong drink, you or your
sons with you, when you go into the tent
of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a
statute forever throughout your
generations. ―Leviticus 10:9
In the Old Testament, we see the Lord
speaking to Aaron, the brother of Moses
and the first High Priest, forbidding him
and his sons from indulging in alcohol. In
Numbers 6:2-3, we see the Lord speaking
to Moses, asking him to tell the people
that, whoever wished to take the Nazirite
vow had to stay away from wine and
strong drink.
Abstinence from wine, vinegar, and the
fruit itself, here, is of utmost importance
for those who wished to be separated and
consecrated. During the conception of
Samson, as given in Judges 13:4, the Lord
once again reminds us of the Nazirite
vow, forbidding both Manoah and his
wife, from consuming any form of strong
drink and wine, and anything that would
be unclean.
Wisdom lies in following …
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,
and whoever is led astray by it is not
wise. ― Proverbs 20:1
Coming to the Book of Proverbs, the
central theme is to give instructions for
prudent behavior. Here, it’s not just the
Nazirites who are to abstain from
indulgence but also the wise, including
leaders and rulers. In Proverbs 31:4-5,
King Lemuel explains that wine and
strong drink is not for rulers and kings, for
it will take them away from what is
established.
Woe to those who rise early in the
morning, that they may run after strong
drink, who tarry late into the evening as
wine inflames them! ― Isaiah 5:11
Misery, suffering, and punishment seem
to rule the day as Isaiah talks about
judgment, and calls for repentance and
holiness. Which just means that indulging
in the pleasures of the senses was
considered to be unholy, and eventually
called for the wrath and curse of God.
The lighter side of it
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink
your wine with a merry heart, for God has
already approved what you do. ―
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Indeed, Solomon’s words give us
something to cheer about. Taken literally,
Solomon’s words can be applicable to the
present. What the verse actually does is,
calls us to trust God and His providence,
not just because all else is meaningless,
but because it is the Cruz of all life.
Psalms 104:14-15 mentions that all things
come from God, who joyfully gives food to
satisfy the soul and wine to gladden the
heart.
What you need to remember …
And do not get drunk with wine, for that
is debauchery, but be filled with the
Spirit. ―Ephesians 5:18
The Bible instructs us to avoid
drunkenness and overindulgence, rather
you are called to be sober and filled with
the Holy Spirit. We, as children of God,
are called to tread the path of wisdom
and sanctity. In all measures, we, as
people, are called to tread with caution,
and never let the pleasures of life
consume us in a fire.
What alcohol can do …
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has
strife? Who has complaining? Who has
wounds without cause? Who has redness
of eyes? Those who tarry long over wine;
those who go to try mixed wine. Do not
look at wine when it is red, when it
sparkles in the cup and goes down
smoothly. In the end it bites like a
serpent and stings like an adder. Your
eyes will see strange things, and your
heart utter perverse things. ―Proverbs
23:29-33
We do not need the Bible to be telling us
this, most of us have tried and tested
ways to claim the same. Alcohol, in
whatever form, has at some point of time
caused us to do things differently. In the
very essence of it, the Scripture does not
encourage you to sin against your
conscience, thus, forbidding you from
doing anything that will offend yourself
and your fellow beings, in particular.
Consuming alcohol, on the whole, is not
really condemned but letting yourself give
in to drunkenness, which will lead to a
loss in sobriety, is definitely looked down
upon.
Finally, what matters is not allowing
anything to overpower the mind and the
body, for that which is overpowered is
enslaved.

I had a minister tell me that the wine that Jesus created from water was grape juice. Only one problem with that argument, it's called fermentation. The high sugar content of grapes is what causes wine to be made. Orange juice from freshly squeezed oranges will last in a refrigerator for 2 days at the most before turning. I may be wrong but I don't think they had too many Fridges in the double digit AD years.

Grape juice is a fairly modern invention.

Wonders shall never end.

I dont care what you believe.Give wine to him who is ready to perish.I'm not ready to perish and so,alchohol can never enter my mouth,period