Maude Vogel

Coming Up

The handover at Domaine Croix-Duplex in Grandvaux, Switzerland, took shape through work already learned on site: a few years alongside her brother before Maude Vogel officially took over in 2023. That matters in the trade, because succession is not only a change of name on the door; it is also the transfer of day-to-day judgment, timing, and responsibility inside an estate that runs on repetition and memory.

Where They Are Now

Since 2023, the vineyard and cellar have sat under Maude Vogel’s decisions at Domaine Croix-Duplex, where the practical task is to carry forward an established estate without treating continuity as stasis. She has named the pressure plainly: “I won't hide that there's pressure, because there's been colossal work done before me.” In trade terms, that is the inherited weight of a strong prior standard. That same transition also gives room for authorial control, and Vogel has described that shift as “very positive, obviously. Finally, we have the right to freely do what we want to do, both in the vineyard and in the cellar.” The point is not novelty for its own sake, but the ability to make measured choices under her own name while working within the frame already set by Domaine Croix-Duplex.

Signature

Maude's signature dishes include Calamin Grand Cru and Epesses Domaine Croix Duplex blanc. Together, they sit squarely inside the identity of Domaine Croix-Duplex: specific to place, tied to the estate’s own register, and now carried under the direction of Maude Vogel.

In Their Words “It's very positive, obviously. Finally, we have the right to freely do what we want to do, both in the vineyard and in the cellar.” “I officially took over in 2023, after a few years working alongside my brother.”