You know a lot about the history of wines.
All you described is new information to me.
I do recall hearing that many countries favored drinking wine when clean or potable water could not be guaranteed.
That’s one reason French and Italian children would be accustomed to wine at the dinner table.
Apparently the Bronte sisters liked the water.
Before the advent of modern municipal water systems, BEER was the most common drink in America, because the water would kill you..............