Antonio Morata is a Professor of Food Science and Technology at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain, specialized in wine technology. He is a coordinator of the module of enology and winemaking in the master’s program in viticulture and enology and a coordinator of the master’s program in food engineering at UPM.

Dr. Morata is also a Professor of Enology and Wine Technology at the European Master of Viticulture and Enology, Euromaster Vinifera-Erasmus+. He is a Spanish delegate to the group of experts in wine technology and the president of wine microbiology for the International Organizations of Vine and Wine (OIV).

He has authored more than eighty-five research articles, nine books, six journal special issues, and twenty-five book chapters. Dr. Morata was listed among the top 2% of scientists worldwide by Stanford University, USA, in 2021–2024. A recent review in AJGWR includes me among the 10 researchers more productive in “wine science” in the period 2016-21