Like many a modern-day struggle, the battle over the Michelin Guide’s recent foray into rating wineries and their vineyards is being fought over social media rather than in the street—or even the tasting room. “Honestly, people are not saying anything at all,” says international Bordeaux wine educator and global wine specialist Robin Kelley O’Connor of New York City when asked about the ratings. “You know I’m knee-deep in the wine trade, at this time of year I’m at least one if not two, three, or four importer or distributor tastings every day. I have not heard one comment.” The same is certainly not true of the major social-media networks. On a post in which we asked our wine-focused friends their thoughts on the ratings, Adam Lee, owner and winemaker at California’s Clarice Wine Company, who also writes about wine for North Bay Business Journal, ended his screed with the line, “It’s laughable and should be..
