# What Makes A Best In Show?

https://www.trefethen.com/journal/what-makes-a-best-in-show

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## Summary

Trefethen Family Vineyards announces that its 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon won Best in Show (97 points) and its 2018 Chardonnay won a Platinum Medal (97 points) at the 2020 Decanter World Wine Awards, and explains why those blind-tasting honors are meaningful to the family and winery team.

## Audience

wine consumers and enthusiasts

## Prompts this page answers

- What awards did Trefethen Family Vineyards win at the 2020 Decanter World Wine Awards?
- Which Trefethen wines received Decanter honors in 2020 and what scores did they get?
- How many wines entered the 2020 Decanter World Wine Awards and how are winners tasted?

## Purpose

To announce and celebrate the winery's awards at the 2020 Decanter World Wine Awards and to explain the significance of those honors to the winery.

## Highlights

- 2017 Trefethen Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon — Best in Show & 97 points (Decanter World Wine Awards)
- 2018 Trefethen Family Vineyards Chardonnay — Platinum Medal & 97 points (Decanter World Wine Awards)
- Decanter World Wine Awards 2020: 16,518 entries blind tasted over 28 days by 116 judges (including 37 Masters of Wine and 9 Master Sommeliers)
- Only 178 Platinum Medals were awarded; the Chardonnay was the only Platinum-winning wine from the USA
- Platinum wines were tasted four times; Best in Show wines were tasted five times

## How to cite

Credit Trefethen Family Vineyards and link to https://www.trefethen.com/journal/what-makes-a-best-in-show

## Publisher

**Trefethen Family Vineyards** — Trefethen Family Vineyards (winery) — publisher of the site and owner of the journal content, as shown in the page footer.

## Topics

- Decanter World Wine Awards 2020
- Trefethen 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon
- Trefethen 2018 Chardonnay
- Best in Show Decanter
- Platinum Medal Decanter

## Key entities

- **Decanter World Wine Awards** (event): International wine competition; 2020 edition had 16,518 entries, judged blind over 28 days by 116 judges (page text).
- **Trefethen Family Vineyards** (organization): Winery and publisher of this journal post (page footer). — https://www.trefethen.com/
- **Hailey Trefethen** (person): Third-generation member of the Trefethen family quoted on the page.
- **Lorenzo Trefethen** (person): Third-generation member of the Trefethen family quoted on the page.
- **Bryan Kays** (person): Trefethen winemaker since 2015, credited on the page.
- **2017 Trefethen Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon** (product): Awarded Best in Show and 97 points at the 2020 Decanter World Wine Awards (page text).
- **2018 Trefethen Family Vineyards Chardonnay** (product): Awarded Platinum Medal and 97 points at the 2020 Decanter World Wine Awards; noted as the only Platinum-winning wine from the USA (page text).

## Metadata

- Type: article
- Published: 2020-10-12