[Avodah] Ta'aroves of yayn mevushal

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 10:18:10PM -0500, Zev Sero wrote:
: Except that mezigah is 1 part wine to 6 parts water, which would
: certanly ruin it for everyone.  As wine, anyway.

And except that the Qitzur says that adding water not for mezigah also
destroys its wine-ness. And thus one doesn't need to add that much
water. It might mean asing the nachriyah to do it, though, since 46:9
says "aku"m sheshafakh".

I'm comparing 46:9 to 46:5 (more water than mizug).

On a different discussion, I wonder about mezigah's definition today.
Today's wine is naturally thinner (perhaps we store it in more evaporation
proof keilim?) and bred to be better tasting than wine was in the gemara's
day. No need to spice, add honey, or water it down. And in fact, people
don't.

Why is mezigah still defined as up to 1:6 wine for today's wines?

:-)BBii!
-Micha