Ray Capitanini, wine maestro of Italian Village in the Loop, has died at 89

Ray Capitanini, wine maestro of Italian Village in the Loop, has died at 89

In the 1980s, Ray Capitanini increased the number of wine offerings at The Italian Village, his family's Loop restaurant, from about two dozen to nearly 4,000 wines."He really treated wine like an investment and put us on the map for a different segment of the population who came in from across the country to dine here because of the wine," his nephew Al Capitanini said.Mr. Capitanini died April 10 from respiratory issues after heart surgery. He…