This year’s festival wrapped up with a community affair. Held at Oxbow, the Truffle Marketplace brought together many of Napa’s finest food purveyors and wineries in a casual affair with decidedly haute cuisine. The concept of the event was to bring together the local community—the market’s regular visitors could even purchase individual dishes a la [...]

Today the Truffle Festival was hosted by the Robert Mondavi Winery. The day began with a cooking demo by the incredibly dynamic and charming Chef Suzette Gresham of Acquerello restaurant in San Francisco. In addition to teaching us how to make a carpaccio, (a perfect dish for showcasing the delicate, earthy flavor of truffles), Suzette [...]

The main event of the Festival was the Truffles & Wine dinner prepared by a team of Michelin-starred chefs from across the country. Hosted by La Toque restaurant, the dinner had a great deal of build up. But if the kitchen felt the pressure, it didn’t show. The night began with elegant passed appetizers–one from [...]

Words cannot describe the decadent, one of a kind Napa-meets-bordello luncheon created for us and hosted by Raymond Vineyards‘ new owner, the ever-charming Jean Charles Boisset. But here it is in a snapshot, (yes, that’s the tank room we’re in-Baccarat chandelier and all!)  

The Napa Truffle Festival was created by American Truffle Company’s Robert Chang. As partner in one of America’s fastest growing truffle cultivators, Chang, as a part of this morning’s activities, offered an in-depth seminar with insight into what it would take to become a truffle farmer, (sounds like a pretty good career–as far as farming [...]