About Us
Our Story
Established in 2009 by Stephanie Duboudin, we are a team of food and wine industry experts who have a passion for marketing strategy, brand development and innovation. We incorporate evidence based research and stakeholder consultation to inform our strategy development.
We see ourselves as strategic problem solvers – we like to solve complex challenges with clear recommendations and simple actionable solutions and strategy that can drive your business forward.
We have had extensive experience working with some of the biggest and best wine and food brands across
Australia, UK, US, NZ and Asia
Background on Stephanie Duboudin
Our Managing Director Stephanie Duboudin has almost two decades of experience in Marketing Strategy, Brand Management, Innovation and Consumer and Category Insights in the food and wine industries. She is a Board Member of the Wine Communicators of Australia – the industries leading association for business professionals.
Stephanie has worked in London, New York, China, Hong Kong, Canada and Melbourne with some of the biggest and best brands in food and wine.
In her previous role as Country Manager Australia/NZ for global wine insights agency Wine Intelligence she managed projects across Australia and Asia for Dan Murphy’s, Accolade, Constellation, Lion Nathan, Treasury, Pernod Ricard, Brown Brothers, Wine Australia, NZ Gov’t, Delegats, Coles, WFA, McWilliams, Brown Brothers and De Bortoli. Prior to this Stephanie was a global brand manager in New York for the esteemed Kobrand Corporation, Marketing Manger for Yabby Lake and Global Brand Manager for Rathbone Wine Group. Stephanie has developed and launched numerous brands including Craggy Range and Foley Estates in the US and Yabby Lake and Heathcote Estate in Australia.
At Food and Wine Insights we have had extensive experience in running marketing strategy and brand development, innovation and communication projects in wine, food and tourism across Australia, Asia and US.
Some of the clients we have worked with are Decanter (Time Inc), Bergent Research (Microsoft, 7/11, Danone, Tip Top, Dulux and Spec Savers), De Bortoli, Brown Brothers, Grant Burge, Rathbone Wine Group, Visit Victoria, Daylesford and Macedon Ranges Tourism (Destination Management Plan), Export Growth China, SOFI Spritz, Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, Macedon Ranges Shire Council (Tourism Masterplan), Mornington Peninsula Vignerons Association, Hazeldene’s, Wine Communicators of Australia, Spud Bar, Slow Food and Pt Leo Estate.
Stephanie was a judge of the Wine Communicators of the Year award 2018, opening panelist for the Merrill Lynch Bank of America Wine Symposium 2018 and a speaker at the Wine Marketing Impact Conference in 2018.
Stephanie is a creative marketing strategist with an analytical mind who has a passion for engaging the latest insight methodologies to achieve the best business outcomes for her clients.
“We apply the latest consumer and category insights to all our marketing strategy and innovation work”