The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) has announced five research projects awarded grants in 2025. Now underway, the research projects fall within key priority areas which the OIV grants programme seeks to explore. These include sustainable viticulture and adaptation to climate change; technological innovations and materials, with particular attention to reducing the carbon footprint; resilience of the vitivinicultural value chain, including economic and social sustainability and international trade; and consumer information, including safety and nutrition.
2025 grant recipients and project themes
Sustainable viticulture
- Title: Sustainable Alternatives to Copper for Plasmopara viticola: Unravelling Grapevine-Microbiota-Pathogen Interactions in a Rhizotron System – 15 months
- Grant holder: Asier Camara
Adaptation to climate change
- Title: Development and Application of High-Resolution Lysimetric Systems to Evaluate Stomatal Sensitivity to Water Stress in Grapevines – 6 months
- Grant holder: Felipe Ignacio Suarez Vega
Resilience of the vitivinicultural value chain
- Title: From Genes to Glass: Enabling Genome Editing for a Globally Sustainable Wine Future – 12 months
- Grant holder: Syuzanna Mosikyan
Technological innovations
- Title: Strategies for Improving the Sensory Quality and Stability of Dealcoholised Wines – 36 months
- Grant holder: Isela Mejia Fonseca
Technological innovations
- Title: Oenological Process Optimisation and Stability Assessment of Canned Wines through Chemical and Sensory Analysis – 12 months
- Grant holder: Inés Horcajo Abal
OIV research grants and vitivinicultural sector support
As part of the implementation of its Strategic Plan, the OIV awards each year short-term research grants and three-year research grants aimed at supporting high-level scientific projects in its priority areas. These grants are dedicated to postgraduate training and to the development of structured projects serving the global vitivinicultural sector.
The funding of these research grants is made possible through a financial contribution from a consortium of companies from the global vitivinicultural sector, in addition to the OIV’s own budget. This complementary contribution allows to foster ambitious projects with a strong scientific, technical and societal impact, while fully guaranteeing the independence of the research.
For the third consecutive year, the consortium brings together Familia Torres (Spain), Masi Agricola (Italy), Moët & Hennessy (France), Sogrape (Portugal), Viña Concha y Toro (Chile), and Yalumba Family Winemakers (Australia).
Together with the OIV, these partners reaffirm their shared commitment to research, innovation and sustainable development, supporting the future competitiveness and resilience of the global vitivinicultural sector.