Written by wine lovers!

Hello! I am the site Author, Debra-Jayne Kimlin. I live (mostly in Melbourne, Australia), hold a Bachelor of Wine Marketing from the University of Adelaide and love to share new findings about wine, wine tourism and wine events.

After completing my degree in 2004, I set off to travel Europe, visiting its vineyards on a kind of sabbatical. It was at this time that CD2D was born - before the era of blogging - as a website to record and share my pictures and experiences.

After a brief stint in Shanghai (2007) where I helped set up a wine education outfit, and taught wine appreciation, I expanded my site to include pages with subjects covering how wine is produced, and how to enjoy wine for those who would like to learn more by themselves.

Finally, after lecturing in wine marketing at Národní vinařské centrum (National Wine Centre) in the Czech Republic (2008 & 9), the idea to use the site to support small-medium wineries with opportunity for premium targetted advertising and promotions came into the picture.

These days, I work in wine retail - where I love sharing my wine knowledge, experiences and recommendations with consumers. This site has now become a resource for them to refer to.

Contributions

Contributions from other authors are always welcome, and noted as such on the pages and in meta tags. If you've visited a wine region, or live nearby, and would like to contribute to CD2D, please get in touch using one of the methods below.

If you're a budding wine writer and would like to have your articles published here as another notch on your CV, please drop me a line. No well-written article will be rejected!

Contact

To submit contributions, advertise, suggest articles for the site, or just get in touch with me:

email: dkimlin(@)cd2d.com ... remove the brackets to send

snailmail: PO Box 1134, Robinson, Victoria 3019, Australia

or join the growing list of friends on Facebook ... click on the icon bottom left on any page