Commentary for Avodah Zarah 112:2
מה שבבור אסור והשאר מותר: אמר רב הונא לא שנו אלא שלא החזיר גרגותני לגת אבל החזיר גרגותני לגת אסור
What is in the vat is prohibited but the remainder is permitted. Huna said: They only taught this in the case where he did not return the wicker basket to the press, but if he did return the wicker basket to the press it is all prohibited.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
A wicker basket separates the liquid in the upper press from that in the lower vat. The basket serves to strain out the skins and seeds. According to R. Huna, when the mishnah taught that the liquid in the upper press is permitted it is referring to a case where he did not put back that wicker basket. But if he did put the wicker basket back in, all of the wine, even that in the press, becomes prohibited. This is because the wicker basket contains some prohibited wine which then mixes in with the permitted wine in the press, causing it all to become prohibited.
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