Winemaker
Maximin von Schubert
- Discipline
- Winemaker
- Based in
- Mertesdorf, Germany

i. Biography
The family’s wine-growing history at Maximin Grünhaus is long-running, and the estate wears that continuity plainly: family-owned since 1882, it carries time as part of its working identity rather than as decoration. In Mertesdorf, Germany, that kind of inheritance reads less like sentiment than structure — a place shaped by repetition, care, and the annual return of vines to the same ground.
At a Glance - Career marker: international winery experience preceded his 2015 arrival at the family estate. - Place: Mertesdorf, Germany. - Family timeline: family ownership dates to 1882. International winery experience came first, and Maximin von Schubert’s 2015 return to the family estate followed. That sequence matters: it places perspective before return, and gives the work at Maximin Grünhaus the benefit of a broader wine background brought back to a family property whose identity had already been established across generations. The result is a profile built on movement and continuity at once — distance gained, then applied within a place that has been family-owned since 1882.
Signature
Herrenberg Riesling GG and ABTSBERG Riesling GG point to the estate’s deep working relationship with Riesling, while Grünhäuser 1G Pinot Noir 2023 brings a different register into the range. Maximin Grünhaus Riesling Sekt brut nature 2021 extends that line into sparkling wine, widening the estate’s signature without breaking from it. Taken together, these wines map the estate’s range through named bottlings that sit squarely inside a family history dating to 1882. The throughline at Maximin Grünhaus is continuity under family ownership, with Maximin von Schubert’s 2015 arrival following international winery experience rather than replacing it. That matters in trade terms: the estate’s identity is not improvised, and the wines are not presented as isolated statements. They read instead as the current form of a long-established property in Mertesdorf, Germany, where history, place, and named bottlings continue to carry the work forward.
Profile updated July 2026
FAQ
Asked of Maximin
What is Maximin von Schubert known for?
He is known for joining Weingut Maximin Grünhaus in 2015 after gaining experience at wineries worldwide.
Who is Maximin von Schubert?
He is associated with a family that describes its wine-growing history as long-standing and its ownership of the estate as dating to 1882.







