Bartholomew Broadbent started both Broadbent and Broadbent Selections in 1996. Broadbent Selections is a national importer in the USA which represents over 30 wineries, including some of the worlds finest and most iconic. It was twice nominated Best Importer by Wine Enthusiast magazine, most recently at the 2020 Wine Star Awards. Broadbent Selections also owns the “Auctioneer” from Napa Valley, the “Architect” from Alexander Valley, and co-owns with Badenhorst Family Wines, “The Curator” from South Africa.

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Broadbent is the name of a wine production company — one of Wine & Spirits Top 100 Wineries of 2020 — which produces Madeira, Port and Portuguese table, including the best selling Broadbent Vinho Verde and an Austrian Grüner Veltliner. Wine & Spirits named Broadbent Single Cask Madeira one of the Top 100 Wines of 2020.

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In 1997, Decanter magazine named Bartholomew one of the “fifty most influential in the wine world…the faces to watch in the new millennium,” while in 2008, Wine & Spirits named him one of ten in the world to be “driving the most revolutionary changes in wine.” At that time Bartholomew was 50% partner in Dragon’s Hollow, a pioneering winery in China. Bartholomew is known for having taught America about Port in the 1980s and re-launching Madeira in the States in 1989. Decanter magazine said that Bartholomew has “expanded from his pivotal role in the breathtaking growth of Port and Madeira to exert a profound influence on the US wine market.”

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Broadbent Selections represents iconic wineries from all over the world, including Chateau Musar (Lebanon), Tyrrell’s (Australia), Dr. Hermann (Germany), Sadie Family Wines (South Africa), Chateau Pommard (Burgundy) and Spy Valley (New Zealand). His lecture circuit has found him the guest speaker on most major cruise lines including Crystal, Seven Seas Regent, Paul Gauguin, QE2, and QM2. He is also currently the host of a TV series on Viking TV called Wine Wednesdays.

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Bartholomew lived in San Francisco from 1986–2007, where he set up Premium Port Wines and he was the “Wine Guy” for KFOG radio. He is a regular speaker at major wine festivals, and was the Reserve Tasting Director at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen for 25 years.

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He is a judge at many wine competitions in the USA and has been a judge at the Decanter Wine Awards in London.

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Prior to moving to the United States, Bartholomew was a Wine Consultant for Schenley Canada and he set up a branch of L’Academie du Vin for Steven Spurrier in Toronto.

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His wine life has included winemaking in China, Australia and England. He has worked for Hennessey in Cognac, Steven Spurrier in Paris, Harvey’s Fine Wine Merchants and Harrod’s Wine Department in London. He also had a formal apprenticeship with his father, the late Michael Broadbent MW, who was a world renowned wine writer and the founder of Christie’s Wine Department. Bartholomew now lives in Richmond, Virginia with his wife and two children.