In France and California, it is believed that passing wine around the table in the same direction as the points of the clock gives bad luck. In dream terms, drinking wine is a sign of a comfortable home.
If you pour it, someone will get wounded.
If you get drunk, you will soon achieve a great success. [1]
1- In dreams, wine can suggest a happy occasion. As a substance it has an influence on our awareness and appreciation of our environment.
A wine cellar, therefore, can represent the sum of our past experiences, both good and bad.
A wine bottle, as a source of enjoyment, is taken by some to indicate the penis and masculinity.
2- As a symbol of ‘the liquid of life’, wine highlights our ability to draw the best out of our experiences and to make use of what is gleaned to provide fun and happiness.
The wine glass can have two meanings. Firstly, it stands for the container of our happiness and secondly it can stand for pregnancy.
A broken wine glass can depict sorrow, or in a woman’s dream, miscarriage.
3- Wine can represent potential spiritual abundance (as in the parable of turning water into wine). It can also signify the taking in of spiritual power. [2]
Drinking fully of life’s nectar; living each moment to its fullest.
Celebration, and reasons for same. Also, hospitality being offered and accepted.
In ancient Greece, wine and the god Bacchus were one and the same. Bacchus was somewhat of a mischievous and randy figure, who may represent unrepressed sexuality, liberation, and the power of nature.
Red wine is an alternative blood emblem, as seen in Christian communion rites.
The spirit ot truth, or as the Romans said, “in vino Veritas.” It is interesting to note that in Mesopotamia the goddess Saki personified the vine and epitomized the revelation of truths.
Among the Norse, an emblem of taking care of things that you value.
The deceased had to drink all the wine they had spilled before being allowed to enter Valhalla, their version of paradise. [3]
To dream of breaking bottles of wine, foretells that your love and passion will border on excess.
To see barrels of wine, prognosticates great luxury.
To pour it from one vessel into another, signifies that your enjoyments will be varied and you will journey to many notable places.
To dream of dealing in wine denotes that your occupation will be remunerative.
For a young woman to dream of drinking wine, indicates she will marry a wealthy gentleman, but withal honorable. [4]
The wine glass can have two meanings. Firstly, it stands for the container of our happiness and secondly it can stand for pregnancy. Because of wine’s association with blood, a broken wine glass and spilt wine can depict sorrow, or in a woman’s dream, miscarriage. [5]
The alcohol in wine connects it symbolically with escapism and overindulgence. However, there is great reverence associated with wine, as it is often featured in rituals that celebrate spiritual perspectives.
The context of your dream will inform you of which direction to take your interpretation.
A wine cellar, therefore, can represent the sum of our past experiences, both good and bad.
A wine bottle, as a source of enjoyment, is taken by some to indicate masculinity. [8]
(Gypsy). To dream of drinking in moderation might well im£ly strength and refreshment through sensory stimuli. Some dream interpreters translate this as a forecast of the dreamer’s marriage. [9]
2. Communion;
3. Blood;
4. Revelation Matt. 9:17; John 2:3-4;Prov. 4:17; 9:2. [15]
Red wine may symbolize either passion or (a more satisfying) life. [18]
2. Recklessness.
3. Intoxication.
4. Temptation. [23]
A river of wine in a dream means adversities. Wine in a dream also represents marriage consent, or dismissal from one’s job. Mixing wine with water in a dream means mixing legal and illegal money, or it could represent earnings from a business partnership with a woman. Pressing grapes to make wine in a dream means serving someone in authority whose employment allows one to achieve noticeable successes in life.
If one is invited to a drinking party where he finds platters of fruit and pitchers of wine in the dream, it represents his martyrdom.
If a sick person sees himself drinking wine in a dream, it means that he will receive the right medicine and recover from his illness. Drinking wine in a dream also means losing one’s senses, or it could denote an evil happening. Drinking wine in the company of mentally disturbed people along with sedatives, drugs, music, dancing, farce, or ridiculous actions in a dream means that one will brake his pledge of allegiance to his guardian or ruler, deny his covenant to his Lord, or that he may start a war against his ruler. Ifa scholar sees himself drinking wine in a dream, it means that his knowledge will grow.
If it is grape wine in the dream, it means that he will eat grapes outside of their season, or that he may require a drug preparation as a cure for an ailment, or it could mean earning lawful money, or falling into a shameful act.
If he buys wine or presses it in the dream, it means that he will foster religious distortion, an act that will cause him to suffer from a curse. Wine in a dream also represents lies, prattle, divulging secrets, adultery or crimes. Drinking wine in a competition or for fun in a dream means loss of one’s money or child.
If the person is a hard-working laborer, it means that he may experience some temporary comfort, or that he may marry an older woman. Drinking wine in a dream also means suffering from a state of stupor. Seeing a departed person drinking nonintoxicating wine withjoy in a dream means that he is dwelling in paradise. This is only true ifhe was not in the habit of drinking alcohol in this world. However, wine in a dream could be a good sign for one who is intending to get married, because of its water content.
(See also: Beer; Grapes; Intoxicants, Juice, Nonalcoholic wine, Urn, Vineyard) [25]
barrel of, having a full: you fret and stew with no cause or consequence.
bottle of, a: feasting, prosperous times and consequent friendships.
broken: others wil deceive you into thinking you have committed immoral acts.
empty, an: a life devoid of pleasure.
buying: wil have new employment with congenial col eagues.
corks, having several: perseverance wil give you much-needed confidence.
pushing a, into a bottle: an unexpected high-spirited visitor wil ease your troubles.
removing from: a friend wil aid your rise above your circumstances.
corkscrew, opening a bottle with a: danger through an inability to control sordid desires.
others: a mystery wil be solved: it’s al in your head.
drinking: wil receive many good things, then be shocked by realizing you’re in trouble.
claret: wil be offered a noble assignment.
from a flagon of: your love and passion wil border on excessive shame and sorrow.
Marsala: business conditions wil improve if you avoid excess.
misty: al owing for an emotion you don’t al ow yourself to feel in public.
Muscatel: high honors wil be varied and from distant shores.
nearly black in color: fortune and satisfaction.
red: wil become inebriated with cheerfulness and optimism.
very fine: intel igent conversations with friends.
white: happiness in sincere friendships.
fermenting: temporary mental il ness wil disturb your family.
getting drunk on: an il egitimate son wil be born.
making: superior amusement, pleasure and good results in al affairs.
of a shop: wil give financial help to others.
receiving, as a gift: the transforming power of truth, shared.
selling: beware of double-cross, when you sel your services.
sipping at the liturgy: the transformative significance of Christ.
sour: your inaction has turned your talent to vinegar.
spilling a glass of: someone wil be injured and lose much blood.
red, on a white tablecloth: you shoulder others’ disasters. [26]