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Bartholomew Broadbent is an expert in wine and is widely considered to be one of the world’s foremost authorities on Port and Madeira. He is the son of the wine critic Michael Broadbent. He was made a Cavaleiro of the Confraria do Vinho do Porto in 1989. http://www.confrariavinhodoporto.com and is a past Director of Steven Spurrier’s L’Academie du Vin and a founder of L’Academie du Vin in Toronto. In 1989 Broadbent pioneered the reintroduction of Madeira in the US which had effectively disappeared following Prohibition after being one of the most widely consumed alchoholic drinks. http://www.sommelierjournal.com/articles/article.aspx?year=2013&month=01&articlenum=76. San Francisco Chronicle on Feb 15th 1989

Broadbent campaigns on clarity of alcohol levels on wine packaging. http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/13/restaurant-wine-lists-lifestyle-wine_0213_low_alcohol_wine_slide.html. and has been influential in promoting the appreciation of Virginia wines.. http://www.richardleahy.com/2012/10/03/first-virginia-wine-summit-the-judgment-of-virginia-affirms-world-class-nature-of-top-virginia-wines/. http://www.timesdispatch.com/entertainment-life/vines-and-wines-virginia-wine-summit-a-success/article_e912c436-848c-5bd8-b9c9-942a71eb7ff0.html http://www.intowine.com/intowine-tv/discussion-wine-alcohol-levels-part-2-intowinetv-episode-143 http://www.graperadio.com/archives/2009/06/29/alcohol-levels-and-wine/ http://www.intowine.com/intowine-tv/discussion-wine-alcohol-levels-intowinetv-episode-142 http://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/a20110815.html

He was listed as # 48 in the 2013 Into Wine 100 Most Influential People in the US Wine Industry http://www.intowine.com/intowinecom-2nd-annual-%E2%80%9Ctop-100-most-influential-people-us-wine-industry-%E2%80%93-2013?page=0,5. 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 “The 50 Faces to Watch” June 1997 by Jonathan Goodall 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 in 2005.

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 http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/Colheita-Madeira-Makes-Its-Debut_21391

Winery launching Broadbent set up the Dragon's Hollow in China's northern-central Ningxia Hui region which is first internationally focused winery in China, and in South Africa he launched Vilafonte which was the first South African-American partnership in wine-making http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/dining/08cape.html?pagewanted=print.

Media Broadbent is the Into Wine resident wine expert, and a regular contributor to their web TV channel http://www.intowine.com/about-bartholomew-broadbent-intowine-tv-profiles-its-resident-expert and the “Wine Guy” on the San Francisco based radio station KFOG.

Nov 2012 Wine business monthly p52