If you missed this year’s (fourth annual) Napa Truffle Festival, you’ll have an opportunity to join us for the fifth annual in January 2015. Highlights from 2014 included two new signature programs…
a Scientific Grower Truffle Cultivation Seminar to provide growers with a detailed technical overview of the science and methodology of truffle cultivation, and All About Truffles for people interested in the lore and culinary delights of truffles. The festival also featured the Science of Canine Truffle Scent Location and Practical Implementation presented by Truffle Dog Company’s Alana McGee. Leading the Michelin star chefs, host Chef Ken Frank of La Toque brought together a Truffles & Wine Dinner featuring truffle-infused warm mushroom-potato salad, Nantucket Bay scallops, ravioli di piccione (pigeon), rack of lamb and a hazelnut truffle cream pie. This year’s Winery Truffle Lunch hosts, Nickel & Nickel and HALL, paired their superb wines with menus created by Michelin star guest chefs. Other annual festival favorites included the Wild Mushroom Forage, Sinskey Vineyard Truffle Orchard Tour and dog training demo and one big/free Marketplace at Oxbow Public Market. Click here to check out festival image gallery.
