Simone Giacosa

Associate professor in Enology at the University of Torino, Italy

Current position

Associate professor in Enology at the University of Torino (UniTO) research center in Viticulture and Enology located in Alba, Italy.

Research

Research activity focused on the extraction and preservation strategies of secondary metabolites during wine production, evaluation and analysis of the phenolic content and color in wines and winery products, technological advancement in Enology. Also focused on the evaluation of the mechanical properties of grapes (related also to the extraction from solid parts), pomace, and food products.

Teaching

Teaching activity in Enology at the B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Viticulture and Enology, University of Torino, and in Wine Processing module at the Vinifera Euromaster.

Scientific products, Societies and Qualifications

Author of more than 200 scientific contributions, including more than 100 indexed (Web of Science/Scopus) peer-reviewed publications in the Enology and Food Science fields. Reviewer for indexed journals in the Food Science and Technology subject category.

Enologist, member of the Italian Society of Food Science and Technology (SISTAL) and Assoenologi. Correspondent of the Accademia Italiana della Vite e del Vino.

Further information

You can find more information about me and about the research line on Enology and wine microbiology on the institutional pages at the DISAFA department website.

All my research products are visible at the page Publications or at the institutional repository of the University of Torino: IRIS-AperTO.

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Latest articles

Comprehensive analysis of colloid formation, distribution, and properties of monovarietal red wines using asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation with online multidetection

$Comprehensive analysis of colloid formation, distribution, and properties of monovarietal red wines using asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation with online multidetection$

Journal article published in Food Research International, 2024, volume 187, pp. 114414 by Matteo Marangon, Valentina Marassi, Barbara Roda, Andrea Zattoni, Pierluigi Reschiglian, Fulvio Mattivi, Luigi Moio, Arianna Ricci, Paola Piombino, Susana Río Segade, Simone Giacosa, Davide Slaghenaufi, Andrea Versari, Urska Vrhovsek, Maurizio Ugliano, Alberto De Iseppi, Christine Mayr Marangon and Andrea Curioni.
Cell wall polysaccharides, phenolic extractability and mechanical properties of Aleatico winegrapes dehydrated under sun or in controlled conditions

Journal article published in Food Hydrocolloids, 2024, volume 149, pp. 109605 by Giulia Scalzini, Aude Vernhet, Stéphanie Carillo, Stéphanie Roi, Frédéric Véran, Bodil Jørgensen, Jeanett Hansen, Simone Giacosa, Susana Río Segade, Maria Alessandra Paissoni, Thierry Doco, Luca Rolle and Céline Poncet-Legrand.
Strain specific Starmerella bacillaris and Saccharomyces cerevisiae interactions in mixed fermentations

Journal article published in Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2024, volume 135, pp. lxae085 by Vasileios Englezos, Paola Di Gianvito, Gabriele Serafino, Simone Giacosa, Cocolin Luca and Kalliopi Rantsiou.