Michelin will now judge winemakers with new guide that will 'conquer the world'

Michelin will now judge winemakers with new guide that will 'conquer the world'

|Michelin have announced a new guide that will judge winemakers across the world.

The tiremakers, who publish the famous red book of fine dining each year, will bring its expertise to the world of Merlots, Sauvignon blancs and rosés as part of a global expansion.

It already owns the Wine Advocate, a review system founded by Robert Parker, previously hailed the world's most influential critic - but the new system will either build on this or expand it, being touted as being a 'powerful' new contender.

So far reaching was Parker - dubbed 'The Pope of Wine' - that he singlehandedly changed the way some bottles were made in Bordeaux, after certain vineyards in the French region were so keen to earn his app