Commentary for Bava Batra 190:15

א"ל אביי לרב יוסף הא רב יהודה הא רב חסדא מר כמאן סבירא ליה א"ל מתניתא ידענא

An objection was raised: Over bread that has become mouldy. and over wine that has become sour, and over a dish that has lost its colour. — the benediction of '… by whose word everything was made' must be said.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ber. 40b. ');">²⁷</span> [How, then, can Rab Judah say that over sour wine the benediction for proper wine is to be said]? — R. Zebid replied: Rab Judah admits<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the wine benediction is not to be said. ');">²⁸</span> in [the case of] wine made of kernels,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Such a wine is very sour and cannot possibly be regarded as wine. The Baraitha quoted should be assumed to speak of such a wine. ');">²⁹</span> which is sold at [street] corners. Abaye said to R. Joseph: Here [is the opinion of] Rab Judah; here [that of] R. Hisda; whose does [my] master adopt? — He replied unto him: I know a Baraitha:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From which may be inferred at what stage wine loses its name and assumes that of vinegar, and, consequently, requires a change in the form of the benediction. ');">³⁰</span>

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