The importance of alcohol

Guest contributor
Thursday, 18 August 2011

Bartholomew Broadbent, son of Michael, runs a leading American wine importer, Broadbent Selections, Inc. He also makes Port, Madeira and Vinho Verde under the Broadbent name, as well as Malbec in Argentina and Grüner Veltliner in Austria. He enjoys an active web presence on Twitter and Facebook but has found the time away from these duties to share his thoughts on the importance of alcohol in wine.
For some heated debate on the subject by our Purple pagers, have a look at Abv on winelists and Alcohol again...
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