There are some fascinating studies showing a strong inverse correlation between mortality rates and tea imports in London and other British cities in the 17th and 18th centuries (basically as imports of tea go up mortality goes down) - the reasoning of course being that for the first time in history water was routinely being boiled before drunk. Find a tea equivalent at least a millennium earlier might help.
Also noted in China, since East Asian culture historically disfavoured cold and lukewarm drinks and preferred their drinks warm.
It isn't just the fact that Jesus' first recorded miracle was restocking the booze supply of a party that ran out that people seeking a religious basis for opposing alcohol consumption have to work around, but the strong and clear instruction from Saint Paul in 1 Timothy 5:23 ("Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake")...
You mean Jesus wasn't a Baptist who turned water into grape juice? What heresy!