Noah; why wine?

The next question is: why did Noah choose wine? What's the significance of wine?


Rabbi Eliyahu Yaakov says: "Wine is produced from the material within the grape. It comes from a place that is hidden within, and exemplifies that which is hidden and needs to be brought forth. Likewise, spirituality is hidden in our physical world and needs to be brought forth.For this reason, the numerical value of the Hebrew word for wine, Yayin, is the same as the numerical value of the Hebrew word for secret, Sod. Wine exemplifies the "secret" of the physical – i.e. the spiritual. Therefore, at any spiritual time or event, Torah Judaism attaches wine in order to bring out the spiritual potential inherent in that event. As the Talmud says, "When wine goes in, the secret comes out."

What was the spiritual substance that was concealed after the flood ?

“The light which G-d created on the first day,” says the #Talmud's Rabbi Elazar, “a man could see with it from one end of the world to the other.” “It cannot shine by day,” says the #Midrash Rabba, “it would dim the sun. It cannot shine at night - for it was created only for the day. So where is it? It was hidden.  It is preserved for the righteous in the World to Come.” “Where did He hide it?” asks the Zohar, and replies: “In the Torah.”

Wine, secret & the word light in Hebrew all have the same numerical value in Hebrew. Was Noah trying to reveal the concealed light (from the beginning of creation) bringing peace to humanity by planting a vineyard?