[Avodah] biur

[Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org]

from hakhel---

?Question:
I have a bottle of Carmel wine in my house that has been sitting there for 
a few years now.  There is no hechsher on it, but says that it is ?yivul 
shevi?is, al pi heter mechira-Rabbanut Reishit.?  What can I do with it?
 
?Answer:
There is a mitzvah called ?bi?ur?.  This means that once produce is no 
longer available in the field in the Shemittah year, one must remove this 
type of food from his house.  With respect to wine, the time for bi?ur is 
Pesach of the eighth year (5769).  If a person receives or accidentally 
buys a bottle of heter mechirah wine after this time, he may not drink it 
or give it to anybody.  The forbidden wine should not be poured down the 
drain, as this degrades its sanctity.  Rather, it should be poured out 
over a non-fertile area far from trees and plants, in order not to benefit 
from it.  The wine you have is from last Shemittah, so the time of bi?ur 
has certainly arrived, and you must dispose of it properly, as set forth 
above.? 

question---  the wine that is past biur, it would be muttar if it was not 
hetter mechira?  why did they bring that in?  was it to say that it was 
assur both before AND  after biur?

are there any bnai tora [as oppossed to amcha or amaratzim] who are 
holding by hetter mechira?
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