Three days of research and innovation in winemaking, bringing together international experts and industry companies through a new online format featuring simultaneous translation into multiple languages.
October 29, 2026 — The digital edition of Enoforum Web 2026, the world’s largest virtual scientific conference dedicated to innovation in the wine industry, concluded with an outstanding turnout. The event took place from 20 to 22 October 2026.
The event was organized by Vinidea in collaboration with SIMEI (Italian Wine Union), the leading international trade fair for winemaking and bottling machinery, and under the patronage of the OIV (International Organization of Vine and Wine).
The partnership with SIMEI made it possible to further expand the conference’s audience and technical scope; over the course of three days of online sessions, the event attracted more than 3,000 registered participants and over 2,300 professionals and technicians connected from around the world.
International coverage: participants from 80 countries
An analysis of the participation data highlights a distinctly global scope, with registrants from as many as 80 countries.
Italy accounts for the largest share, followed by the leading European and international wine-producing Countries:
- Italy: 36%
- Spain: 14%
- France: 7%
- Portugal: 6%
- Argentina: 6%
- United States: 4%
- Chile: 4%
- Greece: 4%
- Brazil: 2%
Next come Mexico, Romania, Canada, Croatia, Germany, South Africa, Ukraine, the UK, Switzerland, and Bulgaria, all the way to India and Uruguay.
Full Event Recordings
For those who were unable to attend the live sessions or wish to review the presentations, full video recordings of all three days are available for purchase at the official link below, with a special discounted price available until November 6th:
👉 Purchase Enoforum Web 2026 Recordings
The Program, Presentations, and Key Participants
The packed conference program consisted of 16 sessions of technical and scientific presentations, featuring a total of 9 internationally renowned keynote speakers and 25 speakers representing the R&D departments of partner companies, universities, and research centers.
Key topics addressed during the event included:
- Oxygen Management in the Winery
- Sulfite Reduction
- The Concept of Balance in Wines Based on Experimental Data
- Use of Chitosan
- Pressing Strategies
- Non-Alcoholic and Low-Alcohol Wines
- Wine Stability: Protein and Colloidal Stability, Quercetin Precipitation, Calcium, Brettanomyces, and “Gushing” in Sparkling Wines
- Fruity Aromas in Red Wines
- Longevity in White Wines
- Balance
- Aging and Ethanol
The official Keynote Speakers of the 2026 edition were:
- María del Alamo (Grupo UVaMOX, University of Valladolid – Spain)
- Ignacio Nevares (Grupo UVaMOX, University of Valladolid – Spain)
- Federico Casassa (Cal Poly University – USA)
- James Harbertson (Washington State University – USA)
- Belinda Kemp (Director VitiVino – UK)
- Matteo Marangon (University of Padova – Italy)
- Davide Camoni (Winemaking Consultant – Italy)
- Claudia Nioi (University of Bordeaux – France)
- Antonio Palacios (University of La Rioja – Spain)
Alongside the Keynote Speakers, essential contributions were made by technicians and researchers from partner companies SIAD, Omnia Technologies, Vinventions, Sofralab Group, Grupo Agrovin, CDR WineLab, Dal Cin, Willmes, Parsec, Laffort, Lallemand Oenology, and Enartis, whose support made the event completely free and accessible to all.
