![]() ![]() He would offer run-of-the-mill wine to his guests while servers poured Chateau Margaux into his glass from a bottle wrapped with a towel or napkins to hide the label.ģ Wine grapes are a finicky bunch. The wheel wasn’t invented until about 3,500 B.C.Ģ Even in his wine drinking, President Richard Nixon was sneaky. ![]() Which means history waited about 2,500 years before it saw its first drunken driver. As the gubernatorial campaign ferments, here are 10 facts about wine:ġ Wine was first produced about 8,000 years ago in the South Caucasus, according to scientists who tested residue from an ancient pottery shard dated to about 6,000 B.C. On Tuesday, Rauner said he is indeed a member of that club. ![]() The wine held by Emanuel was from an exclusive club with an entry fee of up to $140,000 a mayoral aide said the wine was not Emanuel’s. Last Sunday, a front-page Tribune story examined the friendship of Democratic Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Republican governor candidate Bruce Rauner and included a photo of them each carrying a bottle of wine during a 2010 outing in Montana. ![]()
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