SIMEI 2015 - Wine, olive oil and decanters

摘要

In November Simon Nordestgaard, a senior engineer at The Australian Wine Research Institute, travelled to Italy to attend SIMEI. In this article he reports on some of the devices that were recognised as innovation challenge winners.THE LATEST EDITION of the biennial SIMEI oenological and bottling equipment trade show was held in November 2015. This expansive event occupied four halls of the Milan exhibition centre. It was supported by an innovation challenge and workshops relatingto viticulture, oenology, olive oil and beer production.The innovation challenge winners were summarised in the November edition of Australian Sr N.Z. Grapegrower & Winemaker. This article will focus on a few of the winning/ acknowledged devices - an ullage management tool, a new style of grape press and a decanter centrifuge used as a press substitute. It also covers some of the historical linkages between olive oil and wine production and the divergence in technologies used for expression. Decanter centrifuges rather than presses are the dominant technology used in olive oil production.