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 colour 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, Accademico Ordinario of the Accademia Italiana della Vite e del Vino. Member of the Italian Society of Food Science and Technology (SISTAL).
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
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Understanding driver behaviour after consuming conventional wines with different sulphite contents: Insights from a driving simulator study

Journal article published in PLOS One, 2026, volume 21, pp. e0345134 by Marco Bassani, Camilla De Paolis, Vincenzo Gerbi, Simone Giacosa, Abrar Hazoor, Alessandra Lioi, Maria Alessandra Paissoni, Alberto Portera, Andrea Renolfi, Susana Río Segade, Luca Rolle and Luca Tefa.
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A comprehensive SPET-based linkage mapping for berry texture and defective seed development in grapevine

Journal article published in Frontiers in Plant Science, 2026, volume 17, pp. 1804241 by Chiara Biselli, Agostino Fricano, Manna Crespan, Simone Giacosa, Simone Garavelloni, Filippo Maria Valentini, Anna Maria Epifani, Francisco Emmanuel Espinosa-Roldán and Luca Rolle.
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Varietal volatile patterns in young and model-aged white wines: a case study on eighteen monovarietal Italian wine types

Journal article published in Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences, 2026, volume 12, pp. 100397 by Giovanni Luzzini, Nicole Furlan, Davide Slaghenaufi, Maurizio Piergiovanni, Silvia Carlin, Fulvio Mattivi, Susana Río Segade, Simone Giacosa, Paola Piombino, Elisabetta Pittari, Giuseppina Paola Parpinello, Arianna Ricci, Matteo Marangon, Christine Mayr Marangon and Maurizio Ugliano.