Bartholomew Broadbent
Bartholomew Broadbent (born 11 January 1962) is a wine expert specializing in Port and Madeira. He is the son of the wine critic Michael Broadbent. He and his wife Spencer Broadbent have two children, Charlotte and Henry.
Career[]
In 1989, Broadbent pioneered the reintroduction of Madeira wine in the US which had effectively disappeared following Prohibition after being one of the most widely consumed alcoholic drinks.[1][2]
Broadbent campaigns on clarity of alcohol levels on wine packaging[3] and promotes Virginia wines.[4][5][6][7][8]
Broadbent Label[]
Broadbent produces, under the Broadbent label and through his company Broadbent Selections, a variety of wines which include Port and Vinho Verde in Portugal, Malbec in Argentina and Gruner Veltliner in Austria as well as a selection of Madeiras. He is the largest importer of Madeira into North America.[9]
Wineries[]
Broadbent set up the Dragon's Hollow in China's northern-central Ningxia Hui region which is the first internationally focused winery in China, and in South Africa he launched Vilafonte which was the first South African-American partnership in wine-making.[10]
Media[]
Broadbent is the Into Wine resident wine expert, and a regular contributor to their web TV channel[11] and the “Wine Guy” on the San Francisco based radio station KFOG.
Awards and honors[]
Broadbent was listed as #48 in the 2013 Into Wine 100 Most Influential People in the US Wine Industry.[12]
Decanter magazine named him one of the “fifty most influential in the wine world…the faces to watch in the new millennium” in 1997.[13]
Wine & Spirits magazine named him one of ten in the world to be “driving the most revolutionary changes in wine” in 2008.[citation needed]
His company Broadbent Selections Inc was nominated one of the top five wine importers by Wine Enthusiast magazine in 2005 and 2020.[citation needed]
He was made a Cavaleiro of the Confraria do Vinho do Porto in 1989 and is a past Director of Steven Spurrier’s Académie du Vin and a founder of L’Academie du Vin in Toronto.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Somelier Journal January 15, 2013 Json Tesauro and Phineas Mollod 'Madeira: The Wine of Patience' - ^ San Francisco Chronicle Feb 15 1989
- ^ [1] Forbes magazine February 2009 "In Depth: Bartholomew Broadbent's Low-Alcohol Wine Picks"
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-30. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)"First Virginia Wine Summit: the “Judgment of Virginia” Affirms World-Class Nature of Top Virginia Wines" www.richardleahy.com October 2nd 2012 - ^ [2] The Richmond Times Despatch October 28, 2012 "Vines and Wines: Virginia Wine Summit a success"
- ^ [3] "Wine Alcohol Levels" Into Wine TV You Tube
- ^ [4] "Alcohol Levels and Wine" Grape Radio Podcast June 29, 2009
- ^ [5] "The importance of alcohol" jancisrobinson.com August 18, 2011
- ^ http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/Colheita-Madeira-Makes-Its-Debut_21391/
- ^ Jr, R. w Apple (8 June 2005). "A Winemaker, Transplanted". The New York Times.
- ^ [6] "About Bartholomew Broadbent" IntoWine.com March 30, 2008
- ^ [7] Michael Cervin "The IntoWine.com 2nd Annual “Top 100 Most Influential People in the U.S. Wine Industry – 2013" www.intowine.com retrieved March 10, 2013
- ^ Decanter Magazine June 1997 Jonathan Goodall “The 50 Faces to Watch”
External links[]
- Living people
- 1962 births
- Wine critics
- American winemakers