Joshua Greene (wine)
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Joshua Greene is an American
wine Wine is an alcoholic drink made from Fermentation in winemaking, fermented fruit. Yeast in winemaking, Yeast consumes the sugar in the fruit and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Wine is most often made f ...
critic, and the
publisher Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribu ...
and
editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...
of ''
Wine & Spirits ''Wine & Spirits'' is an American wine magazine. With an editorial and business office in New York, the magazine publishes four issues annually. History The magazine was started under the name ''Winestate's Wine & Spirits Buying Guide''. In Oc ...
''.wineandspiritsmagazine.co
Our critics
Having graduated from
Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...
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. Greene has been an outspoken critic of the 100 point wine rating system, though he has himself applied it in ''Wine & Spirits'' since 1994.Rivlin, Gary, ''The New York Times'' (August 13, 2006)
Wine Ratings Might Not Pass the Sobriety Test
/ref>Mlodinow, Leonard, ''Wall Street Journal'' (November 20, 2009)
A Hint of Hype, A Taste of Illusion
/ref> 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". Greene will publish one ''Wine & Spirits'' issue annually which features no scores. 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.Greene, Joshua, ''Wine & Spirits'' (January 30, 2008)

Parzen, Jeremy, dobianchi.com (February 3, 2008)
A Shot Heard Round the (Wine) World
/ref>


See also

*
List of wine personalities Sections are arranged from cultivation through processing, starting from vineyards to consumption advised by sommeliers. Vineyard owners Included are owners of well-known or sizable vineyards. Excluded are managers (CEOs) of public holding comp ...


References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American wine critics {{wine-bio-stub