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    MICHAEL BROADBENT (1927-2020)

    May 06, 2020 3 minutes

    Many across the wine world paused to remember one of its seminal figures, following news that Michael Broadbent MW had died on Tuesday 17 March. His son, Bartholomew Broadbent, who also works in the wine trade, announced on social media: ‘Too sad, but he had a great 92 years.’

    Among his many achievements, Michael Broadbent was perhaps best known as the man who re-started Christie’s wine auctions in the 1960s. He was consequently a leading figure in the development ofmagazine alone, between 1977 and 2012, and was proud to have contributed to every monthly edition of the title in that period. His first column was on vintage Port.

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