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Siman 175 – Hatov U’maytiv on wine

בChelek 2

  1. One Hagoffen will suffice for all the wine you will drink at a sitting. However, under the following conditions, a beracha Hatov U’maytiv will be recited on more wine even if you know about it at the time of the Hagoffen. You will:
  2. drink both wines with at least one other person (wife and children count).
  3. put the wine out for anyone who wants – so they become like your “partners” (excluding a case where the host is merely serving the guest).
  1. drink in the same room. (ShA , – MB )
  1. If the second wine is of equal quality it will require a beracha only if it was brought from a different building and the reason for bringing it is to taste a different wine. But if you
  1. finished the first wine already, it appears as if you are bringing the second wine just because you need more. (MB – ShaH6)
  1. If you aren’t sure that the second wine is of equal quality, you will still say Hatov U’maytiv. (ShA )
  1. If the second wine is newer you can assume it is worse quality – don’t say a beracha. (MB )
  1. If the first wine was white (healthier) and the second wine was red, you can assume it is worse quality (because it is not as healthy) – don’t say a beracha. (MB )
  1. If the second wine is of better quality you say a Hatov U’maytiv even if both were on the table at the time you said Hagoffen. But, you should have said the Hagoffen over the better quality wine. (ShA – MB )
  1. It’s Seder Night and you didn’t like the taste of the first cup of wine, when you drink a preferred wine for the second cup you will say two berachos on it: Hagoffen (our minhag – see later Siman 474) and Hatov U’maytiv. (ShaH3)
  1. They brought many wines at once and you do not know the order of quality – remove all but one from the table, say Hagoffen on that one, bring another, and say Hatov U’maytiv on the second. Each subsequent one that you drink will require a separate Hatov U’maytiv. (The ikkar din is true even if they are all on the table the whole time.) (MB )
  1. If you forgot to say Hatov U’maytiv you can still say it if you will drink more. (MB )