Winemaker
Rainer Schnaitmann
- Discipline
- Winemaker
- Based in
- Fellbach, Germany
i. Biography
Rainer Schnaitmann works as owner and cellarmaster at Weingut Rainer Schnaitmann in Fellbach, Germany, where the estate is guided from broad direction to cellar detail under one set of hands. The defining change came in 1997, when Rainer Schnaitmann founded the winery under his own label after generations of family work there: “My family has been running the winery for at least 15 generations, but I only founded it under my own label in 1997.” The fact does two jobs at once: it shows the depth of the family line, and it marks the point where that line was named and set apart under his own label.
Coming Up
Founding the estate in 1997 gave Rainer Schnaitmann a direct frame for the work at Weingut Rainer Schnaitmann in Fellbach. The date matters, but so does the structure behind it: a winery shaped by long family experience, then carried under a new label with its own identity. Since then, the cellar has been the place where that identity is maintained, sharpened, and moved forward vintage by vintage. The role of owner and cellarmaster keeps Rainer Schnaitmann close to both management and execution. That kind of position is not only administrative; it means the same person is responsible for the decisions that define the estate and the cellar work that gives those decisions form. His presence remains tied to the winery itself, where the expression of the estate is worked through each year.
Where They Are Now
Rainer Schnaitmann owns the winery and leads its cellar, and he is also a member of respekt-BIODYN. His own words make the point plainly: “Life is too short not to share experience and participate in experience.” Taken as working logic, the line places value on exchange, continuity, and knowledge that circulates among peers rather than sitting apart from them.
Career - Owner and cellarmaster — Weingut Rainer Schnaitmann, Fellbach - Founder — Weingut Rainer Schnaitmann, Fellbach (from 1997)
Signature
Rainer Schnaitmann’s signature wines include Steinwiege Riesling Trocken, Lämmler Spatburgunder Grosses Gewachs, and Lämmler Lemberger Grosses Gewachs. The three labels map the estate’s profile through Riesling, Spätburgunder, and Lemberger, with each wine tied back to the vineyard names that define his work.
In Their Words “Life is too short not to share experience and participate in experience.” “My family has been running the winery for at least 15 generations, but I only founded it under my own label in 1997.”
Honors
Membership in respekt-BIODYN sits alongside Rainer Schnaitmann’s work as winegrower and cellarmaster. Read in trade terms, it is an affiliation that places his practice within a disciplined, collaborative framework, while keeping the long family history of the estate in view behind the personal label.
FAQ What is Rainer Schnaitmann's current role? As of 2026, Rainer Schnaitmann is Owner and cellarmaster. What recognition has Rainer Schnaitmann received? VDP member since 2006 (2006).
