Wine & Spirits

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Wine & Spirits Magazine
Publisher/ Editor Joshua Greene
CategoriesWine magazines
Frequency4 issues/year
Total circulation12,000
Founded1981
CompanyWine & Spirits Magazine, Inc.
Country United States
Based inNew York, NY
Language English
Website www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com
ISSN 0890-0299

Wine & Spirits is an American wine magazine. With an editorial and business office in New York, the magazine publishes four issues annually. [1]

Contents

History and Staff

The magazine was started under the name Winestate's Wine & Spirits Buying Guide. [2] In October 1984 it changed to Wine & Spirits. [2] Joshua Greene acquired Wine & Spirits in 1989. [2] [1]

While the magazine has been rating wine on a 100-point scale since 1994, Joshua Greene is an outspoken critic of the system. [3] [4] [5]

Staff

In addition to publisher and editor-in-chief Joshua Greene, the editorial staff includes Patrick Comiskey, Stephanie Johnson, Corey Warren, Susannah Smith, and Alissa Bica. Nick Mrozowski is the creative director. Contributors include Patricio Tapia, David Darlington, Elaine Chukan Brown, Chantal Martineau, David Schildknecht, Fiona Morrison MW and Tyler Colman.

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