BASKETBALL, CHINA AND WINE

We’re sitting here in center court bleachers watching a great high school basketball game.  Of course we are among those who are the most comfortable because of our portable Bleacher Gel Seats from Skwoosh.

We just saw a magnificent drive and layup performed by an average sized Chinese American kid whose present goal in life is to attain the fame of the great Yao Ming.  Remember him, the 7 foot, 6-inch Chinese basketball player who performed for the Houston Rockets for nine NBA seasons
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Well Ming is back in his native Shanghai pitching his own California winery, aptly named Yao Family Wines. A risky venture for the Chinese market which is still (no pun intended) in its infancy. Priced at 1,775 yuan (US$289) a bottle, Mr. Yao is capitalizing on his fame throughout China and is hoping to ride the 240% rise, from 2008-2010, in imported bottled wine.
Who knows, some of us will soon be sitting on our Skwoosh Travel cushions at the Great Wall sipping California wine and nibbling on Wisconsin cheddar.  What a wonderful world we live in.