Axel Prüfer Sets the Record Straight
In 2019, Axel Prüfer found himself amid controversy when the magazine UFC-Que Choisir reported pesticide residues in his wine. Many commented. No one, seemingly, asked him what happened. Until now.
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Installed since 2004 in the Orb valley just over the mountains from Faugères, Axel Prüfer is veteran natural winemaker who cut his teeth vinifying alongside Yann Rohel and Jean-François Nicq in the early 2000s. He helped Eric Pfifferling with his troublesome first vintage, and years later would …