SAVE THE DATE
4th annual
January 17-20, 2014
NAPA TRUFFLE FESTIVAL
World Class Cuisine Meets Cutting Edge Truffle Science
… The truffles themselves have been interrogated, and have answered simply: eat us and praise the Lord. Alexandre Dumas

Join us in 2014 for North America’s premier truffle event!  The fourth annual Napa Truffle Festival will again showcase the venerated black winter Périgord truffle: tuber melanosporum (aka black diamond), while bringing together a unique gathering of leading truffle cultivation experts and scientists, special guests from the food and wine world, and internationally-renowned Michelin Star chefs to discuss, examine, probe, prepare, demonstrate and, finally, pair truffles with wines to feast upon for breakfast, lunch and dinner!

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Wish you were there! Highlights for the 2013 Festival: Schedule, winery lunches, cooking demos, cultivation science/business programs with Robert Chang and Dr. Paul Thomas, truffle orchard tour with Rico the wonder truffle dog, wild mushroom forage, grand Truffles & Wine Dinner at La Toque prepared by Michelin Star chefs (see the menu) and one big Festival Marketplace!

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Read the latest releases and press coverage!

Robert Chang, Chef Ken Frank, Dr. Paul Thomas
Wine bottles
Dining room
Dining room
Mushrooms
Wine glasses
In the kitchen
Foie gras
Salmon
Dessert
Chefs, Robert Chang, Dr. Paul Thomas
Silver Oak Cellars
Tour with winemaker Daniel Baron
Chef Dominic Orsini demo
People at Table
Salad
Beringer Winery
Chefs talking
Salmon Dish
Wild mushroom forage begins
David Campbell begins the mushroom forage
Dr. Paul Thomas with Bill Collins
Robert walking
Looking for mushrooms
Examining mushrooms
Mushrooms
Basket of mushrooms
Chef prepping pizza
Chef talking
Robert with wine
Dog with truffle
Robert with truffle merchant
Merchant with truffle samples
Hog Island
C casa
Woman with bottle of wine
People at counter
Truffle winner
Robert & Diane Chang


Truffles for Locavores?

There is no food on earth that inspires obsession like edible wild mushrooms and the Holy Grail of these are truffles…KQED Bay Area Bites

Video Screenshot of Rico

Hear what world-renowned truffle scientists have to say about the science and business of truffle cultivation, plus meet Bill Collins and his truffle dog Rico.

The fourth annual Napa Truffle Festival is presented by the
American Truffle Company.

Host hotel: Westin Verasa-Napa.

A portion of the proceeds support the
Napa Valley Food Bank / CAN-V.