Can you trust the ratings on Vivino? SF Chron's wine critic does a blind tasting

Can you trust any ratings? I use Vivino occasionally as simply one data point if I’m in a rut and don’t already know what I’m looking for. That said, it’s usually when a wine has tons of ratings on Vivino (e.g., in the thousands) that I get really suspicious as it’s a good indicator that it’s mass produced

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