Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 210:6

וש"מ המברך צריך שיטעו' וש"מ טעמו פגמו וש"מ טעם מבדיל

and they rule thus in the Beth Hamidrash as I do; we draw a distinction between ushering the day in and ushering the day out: as for ushering the day in, the more we advance it the better, as we thereby show our love for it; but as for ushering the day out, we delay it, so that it may not be [appear] a burden upon us.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence kiddush is said as early as possible, and it may not be deferred for the morrow. But we willingly delay the habdalah.');">⁸</span> You may infer eight things from this Baraitha: [i] He who recites habdalah during the prayer<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To Amidah or the Eighteen Benedictions, which constitute the Prayer par excellence; a habdalah formula is inserted in the fourth benediction.');">⁹</span> must [also] recite habdalah over the cup [of wine];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For 'he who enters his house' implies that he has seen away from home, presumably at the synagogue, where he would already have recited habdalah in the Amidah of the evening service.');">¹⁰</span> [ii] Grace [after meals] requires a cup [of wine]; [iii] the cup [of wine] for Grace demands a [minimum] standard;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., a quarter of log (rebi'ith) . Otherwise, he could use half for habdalah and half for Grace.');">¹¹</span> [iv] he who says a blessing [over anything] must partake thereof;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Either he or one of the listeners. For otherwise he could recite habdalah over the cup of wine and leave it untouched for Grace.');">¹²</span> [v] if he tastes it he renders it defective;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' it is now assumed that he had more than one rebi'ith, but not two. Hence he could perform habdalah, drink the excess, and leave a rebi'ith for Grace. Since this is not done, it follows that merely by drinking a little of the whole cup it becomes unfit for Grace.');">¹³</span> [vi] even when one has tasted [food] he recites habdalah;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' There is a contrary view infra 106b, q.v. Here we see that when there is insufficient wine, he has his meal and then recites habdalah.');">¹⁴</span>

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