Dionysus (Bacchus) the God of Wine

I thought I would read something other than winemaking, viticulture or books related to wine and picked up a book on Mythology written by Edith Hamilton and published in 1942. I recall having an extensive introduction to Greek Mythology in the seventh grade, more than several decades ago so a refresher was in order. Well, there is no getting away from wine. Chapter 2 of this book, is about the two great gods of earth, Ceres and Dionysus. Hamilton references the works of Hesoid (8th Century B.C.) and Homer for information on Dionysus. It was not unknown to me that Dionysus was the God of Wine, but I learned much more in Hamilton's book. Dionysus was the son of Zeus and the Theban princess Semele, the only Olympian god whose parents were not both divine. Dionysus called Thebes his home and taught men the culture of the vine wherever he went.
Hamilton writes of Dionysus:He was the vine, which is always pruned as nothing else that bears fruit; every branch cut away, only the bare stock left; through the winter a dead thing to look at, an old gnarled stump seeming incapable of ever putting forth leaves again.
Which is quite an accurate description of what our vineyard looks like currently.