An observation: Mary, called in the gospel "the mother of Jesus", appears twice in the gospel of John. At the beginning and at the end. And in both cases thirst and wine are involved.
The first story is the wedding feast at Cana (John 2.1-10), where Jesus turns water into wine because the wedding hosts had run out.
Jesus initially resists the request saying that his "time has not yet come". What time is that exactly? The master of the banquet also makes the observation that the "cheaper" wine comes early and the better wine comes out later.
That's all very interesting. We are left leaning into the story wondering when Jesus' "hour" will come and the better wine be poured out.
And wine, along with Mary, does appear again later in the story (John 19.25-35), drawing our attention and forming a connection between the wine of Cana and the blood poured out on the cross.
Is this the time, "the hour" that Jesus was referring to at Cana? Is this what the miracle of Cana was pointing toward all along, the true miracle of "turning water into wine"? Is the blood of Jesus the "better wine" that comes out at the end of the story, the observation made by the master of the wedding feast at Cana?
Consider too all the Eucharistic overtones of those accounts.
Is not the wine enjoyed at the Eucharist not the "better wine" of our own marriage celebrations? Think John 7.30, 8.20, 12.23, 12.27, 13.1, 16.32, and conclusively 17.1.
All the good human wine gives out early (John 2.3), but Calvary '33 is the vintage that keeps on giving.