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.

Axel Prüfer at his cellar in March 2021. Photo: Jade Ambre.

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 …