Bartholomew Broadbent Explained

Bartholomew Broadbent (born 11 January 1962) is a British wine expert specializing in Port and Madeira. He is the son of the wine critic Michael Broadbent and brother of Dame Emma Arbuthnot. He lives in Virginia with his wife and two children. He goes by the nickname of Bollew.

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.

His company Broadbent Selections Inc was nominated one of the top five wine importers by Wine Enthusiast magazine in 2005 and 2020.

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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Madeira: The Wine of Patience - PAGES (76-83) January 15, 2013 - Sommelier Journal . 10 March 2013 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130406191122/http://www.sommelierjournal.com/articles/article.aspx?year=2013&month=01&articlenum=76 . 6 April 2013 . Somelier Journal 15 January 2013 Json Tesauro and Phineas Mollod 'Madeira: The Wine of Patience'
  2. San Francisco Chronicle 15 February 1989
  3. Web site: Arnold . Eric . In Depth: Bartholomew Broadbent's Low-Alcohol Wine Picks . 2 May 2023 . Forbes . en.
  4. Web site: First Virginia Wine Summit: The "Judgment of Virginia" Affirms World-Class Nature of Top Virginia Wines | Richard Leahy's Wine Report . 10 March 2013 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121030053501/http://www.richardleahy.com/2012/10/03/first-virginia-wine-summit-the-judgment-of-virginia-affirms-world-class-nature-of-top-virginia-wines/ . 30 October 2012 . "First Virginia Wine Summit: the “Judgment of Virginia” Affirms World-Class Nature of Top Virginia Wines" www.richardleahy.com October 2nd 2012
  5. Web site: Berninger . Jack . Vines and Wines: Virginia Wine Summit a success . 2023-05-02 . Richmond Times-Dispatch . 28 October 2012 . en.
  6. Web site: 2011-09-22 . A Discussion on Wine Alcohol Levels (Part 1) - IntoWineTV Episode 142 . 2023-05-02 . IntoWine . en.
  7. http://www.graperadio.com/archives/2009/06/29/alcohol-levels-and-wine "Alcohol Levels and Wine" Grape Radio Podcast June 29, 2009
  8. http://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/a20110815.html "The importance of alcohol" jancisrobinson.com18 August 2011
  9. Web site: Colheita Madeira Makes Its Debut.
  10. News: A Winemaker, Transplanted. The New York Times. 8 June 2005. Apple. R. w Jr..
  11. Web site: 30 March 2008 . About Bartholomew Broadbent: IntoWine TV Profiles Its Resident Expert . 2 May 2023 . IntoWine . en.
  12. Web site: 2013-01-27 . The IntoWine.com 2nd Annual "Top 100 Most Influential People in the U.S. Wine Industry" – 2013 . 2024-06-02 . IntoWine . en.
  13. Decanter Magazine June 1997 Jonathan Goodall “The 50 Faces to Watch”

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