(Wines&Vines) - Six companies claimed prizes for producing the most innovative winemaking products today in Munich, where exhibitors had set up mammoth displays of vinification and bottling equipment across 15 large trade halls for the first-ever SIMEI@drinktec show.

The Italian wine trade organization Unione Italiana Vini, which runs the SIMEI conference traditionally held in Milan, selected today’s winners among entries from the exhibiting companies, which numbered nearly 1,750.