If wine which has been sold goes sour or goes off in some other way, the loss is thepurchaser's, as it would be if the wine were spilled, whether through the casks beingstaved or for some other reason. But if the vendor has undertaken the risk, he willsustain it for so long as he has undertaken it; if he has specified no period, then hebears the risk until the wine is tasted, wine, of course, being regarded as absolutelysold only when it has been tasted. Consequently, either it will have been agreedhow long the vendor bears the risk in the wine or, in the absence of agreement, hewill bear it until the wine is tasted. If it has not yet been tasted, then, even thoughthe purchaser may have sealed the casks or jars, we must still say that the risk is onthe vendor, unless the parties have made some other agreement.