“Bionic Eye is allowing us to be more consistent, and that’s what everyone wants out of their product, consistency. What that can mean for a winemaker is more consistency across the performance of the closure and predictability for their end product,” explains Andrew Thompson, Sales Director, MA Silva USA in the interview about MA Silva’s WINnovation Award winning technology.
MA Silva’s Bionic Eye delivers AI-powered precision to cork quality control. Consistency and quality are essential to protecting a wine’s integrity, and MA Silva is raising the bar with its innovative Bionic Eye technology. Combining AI and machine learning, Bionic Eye uses advanced visual inspection to identify faults in natural cork wine stoppers, helping wineries achieve greater consistency and confidence in their closures. That consistency matters. Closures are a critical component of the bottling process, and greater batch uniformity helps wineries reduce variability in their product.
Bionic Eye was implemented throughout MA Silva’s 2026 shipping season, bringing this advanced quality-control process to all customers using MA Silva natural corks for the 2026 bottling season. Even better, the technology is offered at no additional cost. By integrating intelligent automation into production without adding cost for wineries, MA Silva demonstrates how technology can deliver practical value to the wine industry.
Meet MA Silva at the North Coast Wine Industry Expo – WIN Expo at booth 221 on Dec. 3, 2026 in Santa Rosa.
About WINnovation Awards
WINnovation Awards recognize the technologies, products, and services transforming the way the wine industry grows, produces, and brings exceptional wine to market. Wine Industry Network’s have been celebrating excellence and recognizing wine industry innovators with WINnovation Awards since 2013.
