We have previously learned that the juice of grapes cannot be prohibited until they are crushed in the treading basin and the wine begins to flow there. The question was intended solely to determine whether the Sages imposed any additional restrictions on this.
Rav Kahana answered that it was indeed prohibited if the carrier also emptied the baskets into the vat, based on the maxim of "Go away! Go away!" we say to a Nazir. In other words, stay far from forbidden items. They asked them, "But we learned that if he did it, the wine is allowed?!" He answered, "I only meant that it should not be done in the first place, but if he did it, the wine is permitted."
If an idolater purposely touched the wine, with the intent to make it prohibited for the Jew, then, even though ordinarily one cannot sell this wine anymore, it is permitted to accept the money from the person who touched it, because he is not buying the wine but rather compensating for the damage he has caused.
Art: With wine from Rome by Heinrich Wilhelm Truebner
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