Some Muslims say that alcohol isn't allowed in Islam (this is actually not as clear as most people think it is). Wine clearly is allowed in Christianity.
For example, Paul gives Timothy this instruction:
No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.
--1 Timothy 5:23
The fact that wine had a beneficial effect on whatever ailed Timothy was understood by both Paul and Timothy and needed no further explanation.
The alcohol in wine kills bacteria, so it is safer than the water in some areas.
Eating any food to an extreme is harmful. Wine in moderation is not bad for your health, and some say it can be beneficial. Our problem is not with our food, but with our heart, as Jesus said:
That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man
--Matt 15:11
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