Programme

Wine culture - precise, efficient and sustainable development

Winegrowing policy

📅 01 December 2025

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Focus on producers - the future of viticulture and competitiveness in the EU

Introduction and welcome

Christian Schwörer, DWV Secretary General

Klaus Schneider, DWV President

Greetings and keynotes

Anna Zenz, German Wine Queen 2025/26

Daniela Schmitt, Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture (RL-P)

Johannes Steiniger, MdB, agricultural policy spokesman for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag

Joachim Rukwied, DBV President

Moderation: Daniela Zandona, EFOW

Jérôme Bauer, CNAOC (France)

Alexandre Comellas, P.O. CAVA (Spain)

Dr Hermann Morast, Württemberg Winegrowers' Association

Prof Alberto Ribeiro de Almeida, Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto (Portugal)

Michael Wild, South Tyrol Wine Consortium (Italy)

Introduction

Christian Schwörer, DWV Secretary General

Greetings and keynotes

Peter Hauk, Minister for Food, Rural Areas and Consumer Protection (B-W)

Christel Jagst, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Home Affairs

Christine Schneider, MEP

Isabel Mackensen-Geis, Member of the Bundestag

Moderation: Karin Eymael, Meininger Verlag

Dr Riccardo Ricci Curbastro, EFOW

Dr Luca Rigotti, COPA-COGECA

Mauro Poinelli, EU Commission

Christine Schneider, MEP

Klaus Schneider, DWV President

Thomas Walz, DWV Vice President

Evening reception of the DWV and
Presentation of the Wine 2025 Architecture Prize

📅 01 December 2025

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Moderation: Eva Holdenried, Chamber of Architects RL-P

Joachim Rind, President of the RL-P Chamber of Architects

Heinz-Uwe Fetz, DWV Vice President

Anna Zenz, German Wine Queen 2025/26

further participants tbc

Prof Kerstin Schultz, Chairwoman of the Jury

Aline Haug, jury member

Scientific conference I

📅 02 December 2025

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Greetings

Klaus Schneider, DWV President

Rolf Keller, YONTEX

Ingmar Jung, Minister for Agriculture and the Environment, Viticulture, Forestry, Hunting and Homeland (Hesse)

Keynote: Sustainable Winstallation: Innovations at the interface of efficiency, quality and environmental impact

Prof Dr Moritz Wagner, Hochschule Geisenheim University

Impulses from an international perspective

John Barker, OIV

Julie Hesketh-Laird, FIVS

Moderation: Prof. Dr Dimitrios Paraforos, Hochschule Geisenheim University / Prof. Dr Manfred Stoll, Hochschule Geisenheim University

Dr Matthias Porten, DLR Mosel

Moderation: Prof. Dr Doris Rauhut, Hochschule Geisenheim University / Prof. Dr Maren Scharfenberger-Schmeer, Hochschule Kaiserslautern/Weincampus Neustadt

Quality assurance through grape sorting - Process engineering developments [DE]

Achim Rosch, DLR Moselle

Controlling the fermentation temperature: flavour recovery and energy saving as an adaptation strategy for climate change [DE]

Magali Blank, State Teaching and Research Centre for Viticulture and Fruit Growing (LVWO) Weinsberg

Dr Maximilian Freund, Hochschule Geisenheim University

"Abiotic stress note" or "atypical ageing (UTA)": New findings on off-flavours in white wine [DE]

Dr Jochen Vestner, DLR Rheinpfalz

Clarification of the cause and effect of the off-tone in wines reminiscent of fresh mushrooms [EN]

Associate Prof. Dr Aurélie Roland, L'Institut Agro Montpellier (France)

The future of malolactic fermentation: lactic acid bacteria as a key factor for sustainable winemaking [EN]

Prof Maret Du Toit, Stellenbosch University (South Africa)

Microbiological acid regulation with Lachancea thermotolerans [DE]

Johannes Burkert, Bavarian State Institute for Viticulture and Horticulture (LWG) Veitshöchheim

Moderation: Prof. Dr Christoph-Martin Geilfus, Hochschule Geisenheim University / Dr Daniel Heßdörfer, Bavarian State Institute for Viticulture and Horticulture (LWG) Veitshöchheim

The path to the return of gentle soil cultivation in South Tyrolean viticulture

Florian Haas, Laimburg Research Centre (Italy)

Maintaining and increasing soil fertility through organic fertilisation

Martin Mehofer, Federal College and Federal Office for Viticulture and Fruit Growing Klosterneuburg (Austria)

Water balance modelling for climate change adaptation and knowledge transfer

Marco Hofmann, Hochschule Geisenheim University

Moderation: Prof. Dr Lena Keller, Weincampus Neustadt / Dr Martin Pour Nikfardjam, Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau (LVWO) Weinsberg

Sensory significance and reduction of flavour carry-over during the bottling of flavoured wine-based beverages in regular wine

Dr Jörg Gottmann, Döhler Group

Use of glycolipids such as Nagardo® for microbiological stabilisation

Jens Bitzer, LANXESS Deutschland GmbH 

Prof Dr Dominik Durner, Neustadt Wine Campus

"Natural wines" - What is still faulty or how tolerant should wine consumers be?

Dr Christian von Wallbrunn, Hochschule Geisenheim University

Avoidance of mouse taint in winemaking

Dr Martin Pour Nikfardjam, State Teaching and Research Institute for Viticulture and Fruit Growing (LVWO) Weinsberg

Prof Dr Maren Scharfenberger-Schmeer, Neustadt Wine Campus

Metabolics - visualisation of changes in wines during storage or at the point of sale

Prof. Dr Panagiotis Arapitsas, Fondazione Edmund Mach/University of West Attica (Greece)

Enhancement of volatile thiols by application of urea to grapes and use of yeasts and enzymes

Dr Rémi Schneider, Oenobrands SAS (France)

Moderation: Prof. Dr Annette Reineke, Hochschule Geisenheim University / Prof. Dr Kai Voss-Fels, Hochschule Geisenheim University

Towards more resilient and eco-friendly viticulture: breeding, adoption and impact of disease-resistant grapevine varieties (PiWis)

Dr Komlan Avia, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) Colmar (France)

NG-VINES: Genome-Edited Grapevines for a Sustainable Future in Viticulture

Prof Mario Pezzotti, Università degli Studi di Verona (Italy)

OIVʼs De Minimis concept for pesticide residues

Dr Jean-Claude Ruf, OIV (France)

VitiMeteo - The internet platform for a sustainable viticultural future

Gottfried Bleyer, State Viticulture Institute Freiburg

Dr Stefan Schumacher, State Viticulture Institute Freiburg

Moderation: Prof. Dr Ulrich Fischer, DLR Rheinpfalz / Achim Rosch, DLR Mosel

Stylistics of PiWi wines - What about the processing and ageing of PiWi grapes?

Management of flavour compounds and polyphenol contents in PiWi wines [DE]

Prof Dr Ulrich Fischer, DLR Rheinpfalz

Management of polyfunctional volatile thiols in wines from viticulture to winemaking [EN]

Prof Dr Philippe Darriet, Université de Bordeaux (France)

Analysing and avoiding unwanted thiols in a reductive environment [EN]

Prof Dr Vicente Ferreira, Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain)

Non-alcoholic wines - innovations in the production of dealcoholised wines

Targeted winemaking for better quality in non-alcoholic wines [EN]

Lisa Kunz, DLR Rheinpfalz

Innovative options for product optimisation of dealcoholised wines [DE]

Dr Matthias Schmitt, Hochschule Geisenheim University

Lisa Zimmermann M.Sc., Hochschule Geisenheim University

De-alcoholised wines with reduced sugar content for more wine typicity

Sebastian Bausinger, Erbslöh Geisenheim GmbH

Aroma-optimised Riesling dealcoholisation - qualitative process comparison incl. expert tasting [DE]

Peter Meurer, DLR Moselle

Young Winegrowers' Congress of the
Federation of German Rural Youth e. V.

📅 02 December 2025

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17:00 to 18:30

Moderation: Maike Delp, BDL

Prof Dr Martina Boehm, Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) Heilbronn

Prof Dr Martina Boehm, Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) Heilbronn

Dr Bernd Bienzeisler, Fraunhofer IAO KODIS

Reiner Graul, Bormann & Gordon GmbH

Johannes Lenz, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Home Affairs

Luise Böhme, DWV Vice President

VEO evening event

📅 02 December 2025

 

Rheinhessen meets the International German Winegrowers' Congress

from 7 pm

organised by the Verein Ehemaliger Rheinhessischer Fachschüler Oppenheim e.V. (VEO)

 

Scientific conference II

📅 03 December 2025

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Moderation: Dr Matthias Mend, Bavarian State Institute for Viticulture and Horticulture (LWG) Veitshöchheim

Keynote speeches

Winery Gruber Röschitz in Röschitz (Austria)

Kurt Sattler, MArch, Architects Collective & AC Industrial, Vienna (Austria)

Patrick Herold, MArch, Architects Collective, Vienna (Austria)

Cantzheim winery in Kanzem/Saar, winner of the "Wine Architecture Prize 2022" - Alexander Bonte, Max Dudler architects, Berlin

Terroir f - Dr Juliane Urban, Bavarian State Institute for Viticulture and Horticulture (LWG) Veitshöchheim

Panel discussion

Alexander Bonte, Max Dudler architects, Berlin

Anna Reimann, Cantzheim Winery & Guest House, Kanzem/Saar

Architects Collective, Vienna (Austria)

Dr Juliane Urban, Bavarian State Institute for Viticulture and Horticulture (LWG) Veitshöchheim

Kurt Sattler, MArch, Architects Collective & AC Industrial

Patrick Herold, MArch, Architects Collective

Moderation: Prof Dr Markus Pillmayer, Munich University of Applied Sciences

Wine and gastronomy tourism: opportunities and challenges [EN]

Dr Maria del Pilar Leal Londoño, Barcelona School of Tourism & Hospitality (Spain)

Presentation of the Global Wine Tourism Report 2025 [DE]

Prof. Dr Prof. h.c. Gergely Szolnoki, Hochschule Geisenheim University

Between pleasure and significance - in search of the value of wine tourism in Baden-Württemberg [DE]

Ellen Kneib, Schwarzwald Tourismus GmbH

Mara Braun, State Teaching and Research Institute for Viticulture and Fruit Growing (LVWO) Weinsberg, Württemberg Wine Trails Project Centre

Living Moselle - Connecting people, wine and culture [DE]

Simone Röhr, Fascination Moselle

Wine tourism and education [DE]

Prof Dr Jonas Müller, Würzburg University of Applied Sciences

Moderation: Prof. Dr Martina Boehm, Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) Heilbronn / Prof. Dr Marc Dreßler, DLR Rheinpfalz

Rethinking wine: market adaptation and business model innovations

Eliah Werner, Young Poets

Rethinking wine management: quantum leaps in business management

Uwe Aichele, private brewery Eichbaum Mannheim

Rethinking sector attractiveness: financing and investment

Stefan Langer, VR Bank Mittelhaardt eG

further participants tbc

Wine Science Interaction

Rethinking sustainable success: "must have" instead of "nice to have"

Sandra Morsch

Katharina Kleiner

Moderation: Prof. Dr Simone Loose, Hochschule Geisenheim University / Bernd Wechsler, DLR Rheinhessen-Nahe-Hunsrück

Trends and developments on the global wine market

Giorgio Delgrosso, OIV (France)

Young Consumers" market research results

Melanie Broyé-Engelkes, DWI

Best practices - market and sales strategy

Alexander Jung, Jakob Jung Winery, Rheingau

Markus Bonsels, BIBO RUNGE Winery, Rheingau

Thomas Vogel, Winzergenossenschaft Herxheim am Berg, Palatinate

Moderation: HR Mag. Ing. Franz G. Rosner, Higher Federal Institute and Federal Office for Viticulture and Fruit Growing Klosterneuburg

PET, BiB and aluminium as possible packaging alternatives for wine 

Prof Dr Rainer Jung, Hochschule Geisenheim University

Lecture (Title tba)

Christian Pladerer, Austrian Institute of Ecology

Sustainability assessment of packaging systems for wine

Prof Dr Dominik Durner, Neustadt Wine Campus

Further participants and presentations tbc

Panel discussion: Innovative logistics solutions

Moderation: Prof Dr Dominik Durner, Weincampus Neustadt

Philipp Haderer, GS1 Austria GmbH

further participants tbc

3rd Wine Graduates' Forum

📅 03 December 2025

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PiWi: Where Sustainability meets Wine Quality

Maria Maglione, JKI Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants

Agri-PV in viticulture: adaptation and mitigation strategies to climate change

Lucía Garstka, Hochschule Geisenheim University

From water scarcity to efficiency: challenges and opportunities in irrigation management

Tomás Ortiz Pardo, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Argentina)

Towards a Sustainable Pest Management in German Viticulture: A balanced and holistic approach to Ecology, Economy and Society with Consideration of Stakeholder Perspectives

Juliane Schäfer, Neustadt Wine Campus

Can native pupal parasitoids enhance the biological control of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in vineyards using an area-wide pest management approach?

Mathilde Ponchon, Hochschule Geisenheim University

Assessment of Vine's Annual Carbon Stocks by Means of 3D Reconstruction

Marco Bignardi, Hochschule Geisenheim University

Developing an ISO11783-compliant prescription map for variable rate spraying in vineyards based on 3D canopy reconstruction

Björn Poss, Hochschule Geisenheim University

Innovation and democratisation towards increasing adoption of digital technologies in agriculture

Tetiana Pavlenko, Hochschule Geisenheim University

Impact of Fermentation Redox Management on Polyfunctional Thiols in Model Wine

Julian Döbler, Weincampus Neustadt

Oenological measures to improve sensory quality of dealcoholised wines

Lisa Kunz, DLR Rheinpfalz

Innovative Membrane Processes for Sustainable Wine Dealcoholisation

Lorenzo Italiano, Hochschule Geisenheim University

Commercial red wines under the lens: a snapshot of colloidal diversity

Sara Zanella, Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy)

Project "Wine-Tourism-Cluster Neckar-Zaber"

Laura Liebgut, State Teaching and Research Centre for Viticulture and Fruit Growing Weinsberg (LVWO)

Evaluation of the motives and barriers of Austrian wine producers for "Sustainable Austria"

Henrike Heinicke, BOKU Vienna (Austria)

Exploring Price Determinants of Natural Wines in Italy: The Role of Territorial Certification

Ervin Zeka, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

The Instagrammed Vineyard: Understanding Wine Influencer Marketing Through Consumer Insights and Industry Perspectives

Marit Lusti, Université de Bordeaux (France)

Leveraging Geomarketing to Optimise Wine Sales in Times of Market Disruption

Christoph Kiefer, Hochschule Geisenheim University

Sustainable Wine Tourism as Practised by Winery and Industry Leaders

Susan Bail, Hochschule Geisenheim University

by Klaus Schneider, DWV President

Subject to change without notice.

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