Bartholomew Broadbent (born 11 January 1962) is a British

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expert specializing in

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and

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. He is the son of the wine critic

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and brother of Dame

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. 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

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after being one of the most widely consumed alcoholic drinks. Broadbent campaigns on clarity of

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on wine packaging and promotes

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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.

Wineries

Broadbent set up the Dragon's Hollow in

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northern-central

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region which is the first internationally focused winery in China, and in

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he launched Vilafonte which was the first South African-American partnership in wine-making.

Media

Broadbent is the Into Wine resident wine expert, and a regular contributor to their web TV channel and the “Wine Guy” on the

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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. ''Decanter'' magazine named him one of the “fifty most influential in the wine world…the faces to watch in the new millennium” in 1997.''Decanter Magazine'' June 1997 Jonathan Goodall “The 50 Faces to Watch” ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' 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

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and a founder of L’Academie du Vin in

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References

External links

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