Florence McCarthy

Florence grew up in the Loire Valley, near Sancerre and later, near Vouvray, close enough to vineyards and winemaking families to play hide and seek in the vineyard with their children. She studied English and German, receiving a degree in wine business from the University of Montpellier, and during which she worked the harvest at domaines in Touraine and St-Nicolas de Bourgueil. Florence has finished the WSET Diploma, awaiting results. She first started in the wine trade in Paris in 2002, organising trade events for French producers looking to export, before becoming a brand manager for M. Chapoutier at Mentzendorff in 2009, then an account manager selling wine to restaurants in Paris from 2011, before joining Enotria as a brand manager including for Trimbach in 2014. Two years later, she began working for Decanter World Wine Awards before returning to Mentzendorff in 2020 where she managed the customer services team. Florence lives with her husband, two children, and cat named Molly in Sevenoaks. In their spare time, she and her family have an allotment where they grow fruits and vegetables.