Pliny the Elder
And one could add, "and to bring forth the appreciation thereof in songs".
Neil Diamond has written a song that became very popular in the sixties about red wine :
This song was so popular that Simply Red also recorded this song in the nineties.
Unfortunately in most cases the wine is taken to forget the sorrows of life, to help to deal with situations. There are still some songs that sing about the appreciation of wine ! Here is an example by Billy Joel - you decide whether it is happy or not !
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
This link will take you to a list of popular wine songs as summarized by Brad Prescott. Here he lists the song by Billy Joel as the most popular Wine song, followed by Red Red Wine by Neil Diamond.