How the NBA Became America’s Wine League
LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and other NBA stars turned a private obsession into a basketball subculture — and eventually, league business.
Athletes World
• Wine has become part of NBA culture, with players turning an off-court interest into winery visits, personal collections and even their own labels.
Everyone remembers the banana boat. But during that famous 2015 Bahamas vacation, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony also posed together on a yacht, raising glasses of red wine.
According to ESPN, the trip helped turn their separate interest in wine into something they shared. Anthony was already deep into the hobby. He traveled with a six-bottle wine case, practiced blind tastings and joked that he brought his own bottles on the vacation because he didn't trust his friends' palates yet. (ESPN, 2018)
According to ESPN, the trip helped turn their separate interest in wine into something they shared. Anthony was already deep into the hobby. He traveled with a six-bottle wine case, practiced blind tastings and joked that he brought his own bottles on the vacation because he didn't trust his friends' palates yet. (ESPN, 2018)
