Dwyane Wade: Head in the Wine Game

The basketball star makes reds and rosés in partnership with Napa's Pahlmeyer family

Dwyane Wade: Head in the Wine Game
NBA legend Dwyane Wade
From the Sep 30, 2018, issue

In 2014, NBA star Dwyane Wade teamed with Napa's Pahlmeyer winemaking family to start his own project, Wade Cellars. On a recent visit to New York, Wade sat down with Wine Spectator's Lexi Williams to talk about his start as a vintner, how wine became the big thing off-court in the NBA, and how he makes blends on plane trips between games.

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