There are world famous poets who loved wine, or Beer, or Sake.

Li Po (701-762) of China from Tang Dynasty was one of them, as well as DuFu (712-770) who was regarded as the Shakespeare of China and made many historical story-telling poems.  Yet he loved wine so much that he left behind many drunken episodes:  one of them was that one beautiful full moon night he was on a boat and  he tried to  grab the Moon but fell into the river.

Persian Poet Rumi’s poems were full of love and spiritual intoxication.

So were Omar Khayyam‘s.    His Quatrain XII  is familiar to us all.:

A Book of Verses beneath the Bough,                                                                                           A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread, and Thou                                                                                  Beside me singing in the Wilderness—                                                                                     Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!  

Every year in this harvest season, wine connoisseurs talk about the year’s Beaujolais.  In Japan,  the year’s first produce of Sake is called Arabashiri (New runners) and that word is considered a Kidai.  … and there is the  Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany for Beer…

The season gives plenty of reasons to make Haiku.

Bokusui Wakayama (1885-1928) was a famous poet in Japan.  He was also known for his love of Sake.  One of his Waka reads (excerpt):

Aki no yo-no Sake-ha shizukani nomu bekari keri.    　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   秋の夜の酒は静かに呑むべかりけり

Deep in the autumn,　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Sake should be appreciated　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　In the quiet of the soul