Responsa for Avodah Zarah 61:12
מעיקרא מאי סבור ולבסוף מאי סבור מעיקרא סבור אין כותי מקפיד על מגע עובד כוכבים לא שנא פתוחות ולא שנא סתומות ולבסוף סבור כי לא קפיד אפתוחות אסתומות מקפיד קפיד
What did they hold at first and what did they hold at the end? At first they held that a Samaritan does not care if a non-Jew has contact [with the wine] whether the casks are open or closed; but subsequently they held that only in the case of open ones they are not particular, but in the case of closed casks they are very particular.
Teshuvot Maharam
The wine of a (Jewish) infidel or of a Karaite, who does not trust the teachings of the Rabbis, is yayin nesek (forbidden wine), for, although they are not idolators themselves, they do not guard their wine from being handled by Gentiles.
SOURCES: L. 231.
SOURCES: L. 231.
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