French call drunkards “A friend of the grape�. Charming isn’t it? Sounds so much more pleasant than drunk or alcoholic. And who was the first “friend of the grape�? Noah. Noah saved the human race, planted the first vineyard and became the first recorded instance of a human getting drunk. Which, of course, led to Ham discovering his father’s nakedness in the tent and bringing a huge curse upon his son. All because he just happened to stumble upon this “friend of the grape� lying in repose in his tent.