Helen McEvoy
Helen McEvoy
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Helen McEvoy is a judge at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).

Helen McEvoy profile:

After studying French and business at university, Helen McEvoy joined Sainsbury’s graduate training scheme as a trainee buyer in the wine department and was instantly hooked on wine.

After spending eight years buying wine for various UK retailers, McEvoy took a sabbatical break to work the 2012 vintage in New Zealand. Upon her return to the UK, she re-joined Direct Wines to manage the wine buying team, after which she moved to the retail side of the business.

Helen McEvoy is currently the Retail and Events Director at Laithwaite’s, with overall responsibility for every aspect of direct customer contact, which includes the operation of the company’s stores and concessions, and over 200 consumer wine tasting events hosted annually.

Helen McEvoy was first a judge at the DWWA in 2006.

Jthexton
Jthexton
DWWA, DAWA & Sake Expert

Jeanne Thexton is a wine and sake professional based in the UK. She currently works for Decanter’s events team and was formerly a brand executive working for the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) and the Decanter Asia Wine Awards (DAWA). Prior to that, she worked as assistant web editor on Decanter.com in 2015 and wine awards assistant for DWWA and DAWA in 2014. She also spent two years as the brand ambassador for Isake International and served a short stint the International Wine Challenge.