Months later, in the midterm elections, Democrats swept into control of the House and Senate. McCarthy had become a liability to his party. In less than a year, McCarthy was censured (reprimanded) by the Senate and his position as a prominent force of anti-communism ended.
Maynard the younger wished to market his candies as being so good that they should be appreciated like a fine wine. Therefore he called them wine gums and labeled them with wine names. Source(s): http://www.hungrybrowser.com/phaedrus/m0...aynard the younger wished to market his candies as being so good that they should be appreciated like a fine wine. Therefore he called them wine gums and labeled them with wine names. Source(s): http://www.hungrybrowser.com/phaedrus/m0...
Types of Flavors. Flavors of wine gums include port wine, champagne, burgundy, gin and even sherry. The candies also come in a variety of colors, including black, purple, orange, green and yellow.ine gums are a sweet from the early 1900s that Charles Gordon Maynard, whose father operated a candy shop, invented.