2025 Floor Talks

21 - 23 July, 2025 | Adelaide Convention Centre

MONDAY 21 JULY

10.30am

Kevin Joyce

CropBioLife – Stand 406

CropBioLife & the Role of Flavonoids in Grape

Flavonoids play many crucial roles in grapevines. These include protection against UV, pests, pathogens, and oxidative stress. They also boost pollinator attraction, fruit quality, flavour, and mouthfeel. In this talk you will learn how simple applications of CropBioLife can bring all this and more to your vineyard.

11.30am

Dr. Darren Oemcke & Dimitrios Apostolou

Hydra Consulting – Stand 1011

WineSage: Unleash Your Wine’s Market Potential with AI as Your Co-Pilot

An intelligent marketing platform designed specifically for the wine industry, WineSage is your expert co-pilot—guiding you with strategic insights, tailored tools, and automated execution to drive sales and elevate your brand.

WineSage doesn’t just give you data. It helps you act on it. Here’s how:

  • Tell Stories That Sell: Move beyond generic tasting notes. WineSage helps you shape narratives that connect emotionally and cut through the noise.
  • Sharpen Your Value Proposition: Understand how your wines are perceived—and how to position them with clarity and consistency.
  • Expand Confidently: Whether you’re chasing export markets or new domestic segments, we deliver tailored research, entry strategies, and even launch plans. 
  • Nail Pricing & Distribution: Make informed decisions with pricing intelligence, curated distributor suggestions, and AI-drafted outreach emails.
  • Create Moments That Matter: Spark engagement with creative activation strategies that leave lasting impressions.
  • Optimise with Ease: From technical sheets to SEO-ready web copy, WineSage gives you the tools to run leaner and smarter.
  • Pitch with Precision: Get professionally crafted pitch decks and email templates that open doors and close deals.
    Stop guessing. Start growing—with WineSage as your strategic advantage.

Find out more in the Floor Talk

12.30pm

Chris Voskuilen

Mettler Toledo – Stand 1008

Crafting Perfection: Achieving Batch Consistency through Innovative Analytical Solutions

How to refine your product and achieve batch consistency with analytical solutions. The importance of product testing and accuracy in results.

1.30pm

Vitalie Popa

Auric Barrels d.o.o. – Stand 403

Auric Infinity New Technology of Winemaking

Presentation of isobaric fermentation and maturation of the wine in wooden barrel, without using any enological products

2.30pm

Andrew Branson

Solventum – Stand 1644

Filtration and Gas Control

Improve your bottling outcomes with inline automated gas control and greater membrane throughput with LifeAssure BBA (new product).

3.30pm

Rebecca Rodon

Omnia Technologies Group – Stand 1301

Selective Filtration for Product De-Coloration & De-Alcoholisation

Tangential filtration system designed for the application of selective membranes. These particular membranes are suitable for purification, fractioning and concentration of compounds used for wine production and products for food or nutraceutical use.

TUESDAY 22 JULY

10.30am

Pam Newton

R-Biopharm Australia – Stand 703

Alcohol Free Testing & R-Biopharm Wine Ecosystem

Sharing insights on enzymatic alcohol free testing product solutions. Giving a brief Overview on Wine Testing Product Portfolio

11.30am

Tom Hatcher

SWAN Systems – Stand 1343

Agtech Irrigation Methodology Trial

Presentation and description of the McLaren Vale Agtech Irrigation Trial including the discoveries, findings and results.

12.30pm

Nick Sayer

Waterfind – Stand 766

Murray Darling Basin Plan Explained

The Murray Darling Basin plan explained and the effect on irrigators and irrigation communities.

1.30pm

Christophe Loisel

San Miguel Yamamura Australasia Group – Stand 1101

DIAM Collection – The Guardian of Aromas

Wine closures. Wine Corks. Technical

2.30pm

Søren This Heide

Foss Pacific – Stand 1314

More Insights, Less Work and More Time for Winemaking

Wine analysis that ensures an expanding world of insight with less cost and less work, and common trends in winemaking

3.30pm

Lionel Dickens

Flowtherm – Stand 1633

Willmes Wine Pressers

Future in Wine Pressing

WEDNESDAY 23 JULY

10.30am

Alan Theron

Australian Concrete Posts & Mats – Stand 1528

Innovation in Concrete for Lifetime Trellis Posts and Erosion Control Mats for Vineyards

Discover how innovative and durable concrete products are helping the viticulture industry. Australia’s leaders in manufacturers of concrete posts and flexible concrete erosion control mats will present their products and how they used in the rural sector.

  • Prestressed Concrete Posts for vineyard trellis and end braces.
  • Flexible and Permeable concrete mats for erosion control and slope stabilisation.
  • Presented by Alan Theron, Director of Australian Concrete Mats and Posts.

11.30am

Paul Ahn

Flavourtech – Stand 1328

NoLo – The Next Generation in Low Temperature Vacuum Distillation

The Spinning Cone Column (SCC) has been the choice for gentle and efficient removal of alcohol from wine for decades. Flavourtech has now released their next generation dealcoholisation system incorporating upgrades and new technologies to further help winemakers produce the highest quality NoLo wine.

12.30pm

Magdeleine Allaume

Seguin Moreau – Stand 1349

Oak – Relevance and Reverence

Focussed on the use of oak including size, grain and toast with wine makings. Oak is a valuable tool to compensate for vintage, varietal and site characteristics.

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