Barack Obama may by now have second thoughts about the bottle of Brunello di Montalcino, that has been selected by himself - or probably rather by his team - as a birthday present to Speaker of the House John Boehner. Now, there is no doubt about the quality of the wine; Brunello is one of Italy's main players when it comes to the country's top ten wines. If anything Boehner could feel offended that Obama chose a bottle of 'mere' Brunello - instead of the even more prestigious Brunello Riserva. But then the issue isn't quality but pricing. ABC News reports that Obama's present could violate the House Ethics Rules, as the gift limit lies at 50$ for a single gift to politicians. Unless somebody of Obama's team needed to clean out his or her wine cellar, it's rather unlikely to find a Poggio Antico Brunello in the US costing a mere 50$. Even more as the Brunello in question is a 2007 vintage, one of the best harvests in Montalcino in the last 20 y...