Not to stir anything up, but I don't think a person's beliefs can be gauged by their gift-giving or feelings on alcohol. Certain religions surely have zero tolerance for the 'demon liquid', just as some say nudity - beyond what may be needed for ease of procreation - is going to put you on the religious rocket sled to hell.
Wine is mentioned many times in the bible - not too sure if those passages are also in the Koran or Torah (please do tell if you know) - and the mention is mostly in a positive light, though there are exceptions, of course. My take on it is this; if God gives us the means to make it, it must be good if it is responsibly consumed.
And to a degree, that can be said for clothing as well as alcoholic beverages. If God hadn't offered the ingredients it takes to make coverings for our bodies, whether only to combat the cold or stay out of the weather (or to make an apron to don when we're pan frying bacon), those things could be seen as negative by some. Similar to alcohol, cloth can be misused, even though there's nothing inherently wrong with making the body more attractive through what is covering it, if coverage is appropriate given the circumstances. I'll admit that the longer I live nude, the less those times seem to make sense.
An example of cloth abuse is the trend in female bathing suits in the early part of the twentieth century versus what it is now in the twenty-first, from full-on coverage specifically designed to avoid being seen as provocative [it still was, but that's not my battle] and provide support for actually swimming in the ocean, to what we see on the beach today ~ tiny, ridiculous, see-through when wet, dental floss up-the-rump bikinis that blatantly augment the female form, plainly not made for swimming but for attracting the eye of the drooling males, who are interestingly hiding their lower half with the opposite idea of design - board shorts so baggy and long that the gals can't tell the wearers are 'boarding' up. No, there not a thing wrong with that, especially when it's fashioned to be worn by a female who hasn't gotten even close to achieving maturity, is there? Objectification of the young follows a negative path. Instead, let us all swim naturally, and stop turning the sand into all about turning each other on.
A nice six pack of stout or a bottle of preserved grapes (Manna) sounds like a very pleasing thing between caring neighbors, regardless of the level of dress, or lack of dress, between them. And who knows, if the drink is shared right away, maybe the inspiration for them all to toss off their clothes will be found!
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