http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15119
--- Comment #3 from Hans Leidekker hans@meelstraat.net 2008-09-09 03:01:14 --- With today's git + this patch:
http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-patches/2008-September/061122.html
Chrome should be able to load pages over https with builtin winhttp, i.e without specifying --new-http.