Remstal

The Remstal is a river valley of the Rems about 78 kilometres long, east of Stuttgart. The vineyard area is about 780 hectares. On only around ten percent of Württemberg's vineyard area sit some 45 percent of the region's top estates. The wine villages range from Fellbach and Kernen near Stuttgart to the area around Schwäbisch Gmünd.

The slopes stand on Keuper, above all marl, with Schilfsandstein and loess also present. The climate is mildly continental; the south and southwest faces of the steep terraces are warm. Marl soils are regarded as the basis for powerful, structured Rieslings.

Riesling, Spätburgunder, Lemberger and Trollinger are grown, along with newer crossings such as Acolon. Well known is the Stettener Brotwasser below the Yburg, a site of a little over 3 hectares on marl owned by the Hofkammer Württemberg. Other sites include the Fellbacher Lämmler and the Stettener Pulvermächer. Aldinger and Schnaitmann in Fellbach and Beurer in Kernen-Stetten are among the known estates; the Remstalkellerei and the Fellbacher Weingärtner are the large cooperatives.