SMARTWINERY triumphs in Athens after its stakeholder event

On November 6, the stakeholder event took place within the framework of the international SMARTWINERY project, where more than 40 professionals from the Greek wine sector gathered at NEUROPUBLIC’s gaiasense HUB in Athens, Greece.

The event began with a welcome from NEUROPUBLIC, where Dionysios Solomos, head of technical project management at NEUROPUBLIC, presented SMARTWINERY as an innovative and original project that encompasses digital transformation with the aim of promoting the implementation of innovative technologies in the wine sector.

Encarna Gómez, professor at the University of Murcia, then took the floor to explain the project in detail, emphasizing that the experimental plant “is available to all small and medium-sized wineries that want to try out and test sustainable and innovative wine production practices.”

Laura Pérez-Bustos, head of laboratory quality and R&D&I technician at Grupo Agrovin, and Paula Pérez, post-doctoral researcher at the University of Murcia, documented the progress made during the 2025 harvest and the ongoing wine production process.

The presentations concluded with Odysseas Sekkas, Head of technical project management at NEUROPUBLIC, who explained NEUROPUBLIC’s work in data management and control panels at SMARTWINERY.

The event concluded with a wine tasting led by Belén Huertas, Laboratory Director at Grupo Agrovin, featuring the Patricia and Tempranillo varieties from SMARTWINERY, followed by a networking cocktail reception with typical Greek cuisine, which allowed attendees to learn more about the project as they had the opportunity to exchange opinions firsthand.

Who is working on SMARTWINERY?

At the end of 2023, the international SMARTWINERY project was launched with the aim of optimizing the wine-making process through the creation of a smart winery that reduces costs and increases the production capacity of traditional wineries, while reducing processing times and improving wine quality. The project has a budget of €3,052,896.18 and has received €2,137,027.32 in funding from the Interregional Innovation Investments (I3) Instrument – European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) under the Inforegio – European Regional Development Fund.

SMARTWINERY focuses on the installation of an experimental winery equipped with the most innovative technology from Grupo Agrovin, applied to the main stages of production and integrated into a digital platform for data monitoring and analysis.

The Greek company NEUROPUBLIC, as experts in the development of integrated applications and information systems, will be involved in identifying the appropriate detection and response technologies to be integrated with the data management platform and decision-making system.

For its part, the University of Murcia, in addition to coordinating the project, is responsible for analyzing and monitoring the wines produced in the new experimental winery to ensure their maximum quality.

Finally, the Wine Technology Platform, as a national association for the promotion of R&D&I in the wine sector, is in charge of SMARTWINERY’s communication, as well as its transfer to the national and international wine sector.