I have been doing a search about wine in the Bible, looking at it from Hebrew word studies, history and culture. My question is: Did God approve of the use of fermented wine in the Old testament? Please make use of the various Hebrew words (shechar, yayin, tirosh, asis), and support the answer with cultural and historical knowledge of wine-making back then, as well as Scriptural points. For example, priests drank yayin, and yet could not drink it while performing priestly duties in the Temple to differentiate between clean and unclean, holy and unholy (Lev. 10:9-11). Is this an indication that fermented wine was used but not approved by God? Wine was used in drink offerings, and yet this was tirosh wine for firstfruits...so was this the wine that God vewed as acceptable?