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Napa's Tallest Winemaker: Yao Ming
In China's rapidly growing market for luxury wines, Bordeaux has symbolized greatness for several years now.
Yao ming biography china wine
But Napa Valley now has a new ambassador in the premium market—a very big ambassador. Yao Ming, the recently retired eight-time NBA all-star and the most prominent sports legend in his native China, tells Wine Spectator he is launching his own wine label, Yao Family Wines.
Yao will release the inaugural vintage of Yao Ming Napa Valley Cabernet in China on Nov. 28.
The 7' 6" Houston Rockets center became a fan and a booster of California Cabernet during his time in the NBA. "Napa Valley wines are the wines I fell in love with when I lived in the U.S.," Yao, 31, told Wine Spectator.
"While I was on the road with the Rockets, the players would go out to dinner together and some of them knew a lot about wine, and I learned from them."
Two years ago, Yao and his management team decided to act on his enthusiasm, hoping to create a fine wine