The WIC experts

Prof. Dr. Monika Christmann, (PhD, MSc,) is an oenologist and head of the Institute for Oenology at the Hochschule Geisenheim University since 1994. Before she worked in different positions in German and Californian Wineries.

For more than 30 years she is deeply involved in the work of the International Organization for Vine and Wine. (OIV), where she has held positions as president and vice-president of the Technology expert group, the Oenology Commission and the OIV. Since 2021 she is an “Honorary President of the OIV”. Her positions has afforded her opportunities to act as an expert and speaker for a variety of national and international conferences. She is on the scientific board for the German Ministry for Agriculture and the German Wine Academy .Also, she lectures for various lifelong learning programs on a national and international level. Her research work is focused in the areas of allergens and additives, as well as new oenological technologies. She has presented at numerous conferences, published peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed papers.

Wine Information Council (WIC) Scientific Coordinator

Ursula Fradera is a dietitian/nutritionist and scientific coordinator of the Wine Information Council, where she is dealing with scientific affairs, coordinating scientific meetings and seminars and maintaining a scientific database on lifestyle, diet, wine and health. Her goal is to provide the best scientific evidence in a balanced manner.

At the OIV (International Organisation of Vine Wine), she serves as expert for the Commission IV “Safety and Health”. She also attends international conferences and meetings as a speaker. For the last 25 years, she was science manager at the Deutsche Weinakademie (DWA), where she was responsible for all scientific aspects, media relations, organising seminars for health and wine professionals, maintaining a scientific database and implementing the Wine in Moderation programme at national level.

Previously, she was in charge of implementing public health nutrition programmes in Vancouver, Canada, and a lecturer in Human Nutrition at the University of B.C., Canada.

Dr Creina Stockley, (PhD, MSc, MBA,) is a clinical pharmacologist. For 28 years was Manager – Health and Regulatory Information at The Australian Wine Research Institute. She is currently Adjunct Senior Lecturer at The University of Adelaide and Principal – Stockley Health & Regulatory Solutions. In addition, she is an Australian government delegate to the Organisation de la Vigne et du Vin (OIV) where she has held positions of Vice-President and acting President of the Nutrition and Wine expert group, President of the Food Safety expert group, and President and Vice-president of Commission IV Safety and Health. Her current and previous positions have afforded her opportunities to act as an independent expert for a variety of national and international governmental health and safety forums in the areas of allergens and additives, as well as being actively involved in research related to the effects of moderate wine consumption on human health (cardiovascular disease, colorectal cancer and dementia). She has presented at over 110 conferences, published over 65 peer-reviewed papers, 85 non-peer-reviewed papers, 11 book chapters and was guest editor of three journals, and has conducted over 75 media interviews.

Enologist from the Pharmacy Faculty of Montpellier in 1989 and Doctor of the University Montpellier 1, he was in 1993 and 1994 Doctor associate of the University of California, Davis – USA in the department of Enology and Viticulture. Pierre-Louis TEISSEDRE is Full Professor in the Institute of Vines and Wines Sciences (ISVV) of the University of Bordeaux and was Adjunct Director of the UMR 1219 Œnologie INRA (Mixed Research Unit) with the responsibility of the Oenopro Group; actually he is directing the applied Chemistry Laboratory of the USC 1366 Oenologie. Pierre-Louis TEISSEDRE is expert in the group of Technology and is the Scientific Secretary of the Commission «Safety and Health» of the International Wines and Vines Organization (OIV). He is the Director of Oenoviti international network (55 partners) and Head of the National Oenologist Diploma, Master Erasmus Mundus Wintour as well as Foreign Office in ISVV. He is Rector of the French National Oenologist Union and specialized in the research field of grapes and wines phenolic compounds: qualitative, sensorial and physiological, analytical chemistry of grape and wine, wine quality during winemaking and ageing, food safety (contaminants) and health in the science of oenology. He developed a lot of scientific collaborations at industrial and academic levels. He is author of more than 300 publications and communications in international journals with peer reviews and is co-inventor of 11 patents.

Research Topics: Grapes and wine winemaking and quality, Processing aids and additives in Oenology, Nutrition and Analytical Chemistry in Oenology, Sensorial aspects of tannins, Food Safety, Physiological effects on Human Health of phenolics and minerals compounds from wines, grapes and fruits.

Teaching topics: Wine quality, Tasting, Composition and winemaking (Grapes-Wines) – Special Winemaking, Derivates and sub-products of grapes and wines, Analytical chemistry of musts and wines, Food Safety, Wine and Health, PolyphenolsPolyphenols are mainly phytochemicals found abundantly in natural plant food sources. The most impor..., Wine ageing.

Nicolai Worm studied “Nutritional Sciences” at the University of Munich. He then joined the Institute of Social Medicine, Prevention and Rehabilitation in Tutzing (Germany) as research fellow and managed an EU-project. In 1993, he received his PhD in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Giessen. He is currently professor at the DHfPG.

For more than 25 years, Dr. Worm has been working as a scientific consultant for various institutions. Since 1995 he is affiliated with the German Wine Institute and a member of the scientific board of the Deutsche Weinakademie. For several years, he also served as a German delegate in the expert group “Nutrition and Wine” at the OIV.

Dr. Worm is well known for his public appearances on German TV, Radio and Print and as an author of various bestselling books. In 1997, he won the OIV award for the best book worldwide on “Wine and Health” entitled Daily wine.