Wine And Scripture

Ἐπειδὴ ἄμπελον ἑαυτὸν ὁ Κύριος προσηγόρευσε, τὸ νοστιμον καὶ καρδίαν εὐφραῖον παρασχόμενος κήρυγμα, οἵνον ἀνεγκαίως καλεῖ ἡ θεία Γραφὴ τὸν ἀληθῆ θείας γνώσεως λόγον· τοῦτον καὶ ἐν κρατῆρι ἡ σοφία ποτίζει, κρατῆρα τὴν τοῦ Κυρίου πλευρὰν ὀνομάζουσα, ἐξ ἥς ἡμῖν ἡ τῆς ζωῆς εὐφροσύνη ἐπήγαοεν. Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολή ΡΞΗ', Ζωιλῳ Πρεσβυτερῳ

Since the Lord names himself the vine,1 that which supplies the heart's return to joy is preaching, and wine it is necessary to call the Divine Scripture the true account of Divine knowledge, and this in the bowl wisdom gives to drink,  the wine bowl named the side of the Lord,2 from which the joyous life flows out to us. Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 168, to the Presbyter Zoilus 1 Jn 15.5 2 cf Jn 19.34