VDP.ESTATE
Wachtstetter

“BEST GRAPES FOR GREAT WINES.”

RAINER WACHTSTETTER SPEAKS ABOUT HIS WINES AND WINE ESTATE IN PFAFFENHOFEN

Wachtstetter

Michelbacher Straße 8
74397 Pfaffenhofen

Phone+49 (0)7046/329
Fax+49 (0)7046/931000
eMailinfo@wachtstetter.de
Office Hours
Do-Fr 9.00-12.00, 13.30-18.00; Sa 9.00-16.00 sowie nach Vereinbarung
Owner

Rainer Wachtstetter

Cellarmaster

Rainer Wachtstetter

Member Since

2009

Wine Area

21,40 acres

Grape Variety

30% Lemberger, 22% Riesling, 15% Trollinger, 15% Spätburgunder, Samtrot, Grauburgunder, Weissburgunder, Gewürztraminer

Geology

Gipskeuper & Schilfsandstein

Growing Areas

Württemberg

Memberships

VDP: What is so special about your winery?

Rainer Wachtstetter: In addition to the winery, my wife Anette and I also operate a small, traditional restaurant called the “Adler”, which is open a few weekends a year. You can enjoy all our wines here by the glass with regional, Swabian culinary specialties!

VDP:What is your winery philosophy?

Rainer Wachtstetter: Conscientious and sustainable treatment of nature and our soils. This is the only way to produce the best grapes for great wines.

 

VDP: Do you have a favourite grape variety?

Rainer Wachtstetter: Lemberger. This grape variety has always been close to my heart.

VDP:Which of your wines would you recommend to someone who does not yet know your winery – as an introduction, so to speak?

Rainer Wachtstetter: This is our VDP.ORTSWEIN Pfaffenhofen “Felix” Lemberger, dry.

 

VDP:Of which wine are you particularly proud?

Rainer Wachtstetter: Of our VDP.GROSSES GEWÄCHS® SPITZENBERG Lemberger. 

VDP:Why did you become a vintner?

Rainer Wachtstetter: The versatility of wine has always fascinated me. To have everything in your hands from the work in the vineyard all the way to bottling is something special! What’s more, I love being outdoors in nature and in the vineyard.

 

VDP:What are your next goals?

Rainer Wachtstetter: To continuously develop the winery and the wine quality, because if you rest, you rust!

VDP:Why should people visit your winery?

Rainer Wachtstetter: Our winery is located in the middle of the Stromberg-Heuchelberg Nature Park – there are wonderful bicycling and hiking trails. Pure nature!

 

VDP:What do you do when you are not making wine?

Rainer Wachtstetter: Drink wine!

©2023

Photos: Peter Bender