Joshua Greene (wine)

{{Short description|American wine critic}}

Joshua Greene is an American wine critic, and the publisher and editor-in-chief of Wine & Spirits.wineandspiritsmagazine.com [http://www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com/pages/aboutus_critics.html Our critics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003091350/http://www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com/pages/aboutus_critics.html |date=2010-10-03 }}

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.

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). [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/13/business/yourmoney/13rate.html Wine Ratings Might Not Pass the Sobriety Test]Mlodinow, Leonard, Wall Street Journal (November 20, 2009). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703683804574533840282653628 A Hint of Hype, A Taste of Illusion] 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). [http://wineandspiritsmagazine.com/pages/UnWG2008.html 2008 Restaurant Wine Trends] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718061521/http://wineandspiritsmagazine.com/pages/UnWG2008.html |date=2011-07-18 }}Parzen, Jeremy, dobianchi.com (February 3, 2008). [http://dobianchi.com/2008/02/03/a-shot-heard-round-the-wine-world/ A Shot Heard Round the (Wine) World]