HK32: Debra Meiburg – California Woman in HK became First Master of Wine in Asia

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬:

“𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑡.”

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬:

“𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑡.”

“𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐹𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.”

“𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒.”

“𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.”

“𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦, 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑒, 𝑔𝑒𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒.”

“𝐻𝐾 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑦 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠.”

“𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑠𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒. 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒.”

“𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘.”

“𝐻𝐾 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛.”

“𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 300 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑.”

“𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝐾 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ.”

𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞:

Debra Meiburg is founding director of Meiburg Wine Media, Asia’s leading wine marketing agency, as well as wine consultant for Cathay Pacific Airways and Cathay Dragon, and holds the position of Chair of the Education Committee for the Institute of Masters of Wine.

Debra is producer and host of several documentaries and TV shows, including ‘Taste the Wine’ which is broadcast in 26 countries, Grape Moments, a video series broadcast via taxis to 70 million monthly viewers in China, and the online video series Meet the Winemaker. She has a monthly column in the South China Morning Post, among other publications, judges several wine competitions annually and is founding director of the world’s first truly pan-Asian wine competition, the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Wine and Spirit Competition.

A former wine professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York and an always passionate educator, Debra’s suite of award-winning wine educational books and tools are currently distributed on four continents, and her five-volume book series, Debra Meiburg’s Guide to the Asian Wine Trade, and conferences series Wine in China and Wine SPIT have firmly established her as champion of the Asian wine trade. Debra’s string of accolades includes: Entrepreneur of the Year (Women of Influence) by the South China Morning Post & the American Chamber of Commerce; 7th Most Powerful Woman in Wine by The Drinks Business magazine; the China Power List Award by WINE Magazine (China); and the Il Premio Internazionale (Vinitaly International Award).