• 7th of Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Wine by The Drinks Business[9] • Il Premio Internazionale (Vinitaly International Award 2012) [10] • Decanter's list of seven names to watch in 2013 [11] • China Power List by WINE Magazine 2012[12] • Wine Business International - Most Influential Wine Journalist in Hong Kong [13] • Entrepreneur of the Year, South China Morning Post and AmCham, Women of Influence Awards 2013[14] • Gente Dame d'Honneur de l'Ordre des Hospitaliers de Pomerol • Best of the Best International Speakers' Award Young Presidents' Organization • Prestige Woman of Power 2022[15] • Chevalier, l'Ordre du Merite Agricole[16] Debra Meiburg was a Professor of Wine at the School of Hospitality and Service Management, Rochester Institute of Technology.
She is a columnist for the South China Morning Post and was a contributing editor to the Asian Tatler magazine group.
She is also creator and host of the weekly online video interview series Meet the Winemaker,[21] launched in December 2009.
Taped in Hong Kong, Meiburg interviews winemakers, winery owners and other key figures in the wine world.
Episodes have featured wine personalities including Ernst Loosen, Sam Neill, Emmanuel Cruse (Grand Maitre of the Commanderie de Bordeaux), Philippe Magrez (son of French wine magnet Bernard Magrez).