Commentary for Bava Batra 194:12

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> המוכר יין לחבירו והחמיץ אינו חייב באחריותו ואם ידוע שיינו מחמיץ הרי זה מקח טעות ואם אמר לו יין

wine [be used as a drink-offering]? — He replied unto him: Look not thou upon the wine when it is red.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. XXIII, 31. This implies that proper wine must be red. Hence, only red wine may be used for drink-offerings. ');">²³</span> JUGS IN SHARON etc.. It has been taught: [The bad jugs referred to in our Mishnah are those which are] thin<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] (from [H] 'slender', 'fine'). Others render [H] 'half-baked'. (Cf. [H] in Ex. XII, 9.) ');">²⁴</span> and lined with pitch.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If, however, they were in a worse condition the buyer need not accept them at all. ');">²⁵</span> <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF ONE SELLS WINE TO ANOTHER AND IT TURNS SOUR. HE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since at the time of the sale the wine was in a good condition. ');">²⁶</span> BUT IF HIS WINE IS KNOWN TO TURN SOUR, THE PURCHASE IS ONE BASED ON ERROR.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because the seller ought to have informed the buyer that his wine could not stand, V. p. 408, n. 2. ');">²⁷</span> IF HE SAID UNTO HIM. 'WINE

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