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Yao Family Wines Introduces Hall of Fame Wine

Ken Ross

September 12, 2016

http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/09/wine_press_refreshing_californ_1.html

SPECIAL YAO MING WINE - Last week, legendary basketball player Yao Ming was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, where The Republican newspaper and Masslive.com are based, for those of you from out of state reading this column.

To commemorate the event, Yao Family Wines in California created a limited edition "Hall of Fame Bottling" of its 2014 Napa Crest Red Wine. Only 1,000 bottles were created, according to the winery.

The first bottle (number 1 or 1,000) was recently auctioned online. All the proceeds from the auction benefited the Basketball Hall of Fame.

So how much did Bottle Number 1 sell for? When the bidding was finally closed earlier this month, the winner paid $1,100.

Pretty impressive, just like Yao's career.

Cheers!