Joshua Greene (wine)

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Joshua Greene is an American wine critic, and the publisher and editor-in-chief of Wine & Spirits.[1]

Having graduated from Princeton University in 1981, Greene pursued a career in the magazine publication industry. After a period of acting as a consultant for Wine & Spirits, Greene eventually purchased the magazine in 1989.[1]

Greene has been an outspoken critic of the 100 point wine rating system, though he has himself applied it in Wine & Spirits since 1994.[2][3] He has stated, "I don’t think it's a very valuable piece of information", and, "Even though ratings of individual wines are meaningless, people think they are useful", although adding, "One can look at the average ratings of a spectrum of wines from a certain producer, region or year to identify useful trends".[3] Greene will publish one Wine & Spirits issue annually which features no scores.[2]

A Greene 2008 presentation talk at the Unified Wine and Grape Symposium in Sacramento, CA. titled "2008 Restaurant Wine Trends", addressed the changing patterns of the wine industry.[4][5]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 wineandspiritsmagazine.com Our critics
  2. 2.0 2.1 Rivlin, Gary, The New York Times (August 13, 2006). Wine Ratings Might Not Pass the Sobriety Test
  3. 3.0 3.1 Mlodinow, Leonard, Wall Street Journal (November 20, 2009). A Hint of Hype, A Taste of Illusion
  4. Greene, Joshua, Wine & Spirits (January 30, 2008). 2008 Restaurant Wine Trends
  5. Parzen, Jeremy, dobianchi.com (February 3, 2008). A Shot Heard Round the (Wine) World


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