Professional sport celebrities, from Joe Montana to Mario Andretti, can’t seem to resist the allure of the wine business. And that includes former NBA sensation Yao Ming, who launched Yao Family Wines when he retired from the Houston Rockets in 2011. Last month, he opened the doors to his new [...]
The 7-foot-6 ex-Houston Rocket center caused quite the stir when he stopped by the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in St. Helena for Premiere Napa Valley’s barrel tasting and auction, which raised $5 million for the Napa Valley Vintners… https://hauteliving.com/2016/02/former-nba-star-yao-ming-opens-wine-tasting-room-in-st-helena/602624/
ST. HELENA – It was during his years playing basketball as a 7-foot-6 center for the Houston Rockets of the NBA that Yao Ming, who is from Shanghai, China, became interested in wine. Read Article
Former NBA star and current celebrity wine brand owner Yao Ming opened a tasting room today in St. Helena in Napa Valley.… Read Article
Yao Ming could have returned to China for a quiet retirement. Instead, the 7-foot 6-inch former NBA star has spoken out against various animal abuses—including his country’s illegal ivory trade… Read Article
Yao Ming set all types of records in the NBA. Not only was he a history maker, he took the nation of China along for the ride. Now retired from the game of basketball, Yao Ming takes to another court, that of the wine world and new fans are [...]
ST. HELENA, Calif., March 12, 2014 – Following the stellar 90+ scores from world-renowned wine critic Robert Parker, Yao Family Wines has once again garnered top acclaim for their recently released wines. The April 2014 issue of Wine Enthusiast Magazine published stand-out scores for the 2010 Yao Family Wines: NAPA CREST Red [...]
Yao Ming wears a variety of different hats since hanging up his size 18 shoes and retiring from the NBA in 2011. </p> <p>There’s the stressed out and probably overzealous Yao, owner of the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball League.</p> <p>“I don’t want to talk about it because [...]
Robert Parker reviewed Yao Family Wines for the first time in the October edition of The Wine Advocate and gave the wine high praise saying it was, “impressive to see what the big man is doing in the wine game”. </p> <p>He reviewed three of Yao’s 2010 vintage wines [...]
We are pleased to report that Robert Parker reviewed Yao Family Wines for the first time in the October edition of The Wine Advocate. Here is his review of all of our 2010 vintage wines: 88 – Yao Family Wines 2010 Napa Crest Proprietary Red 90 – Yao Family Wines [...]
