France

Winter truffles are available in Provence from December. Then the upscale gastronomy in the Var department always has one or more truffle dishes on the menu

Visiting a global player in the international truffle market. In the small provincial town of Draguignan, truffle products are produced for gastronomy.

Provence is one of the most beautiful and oldest cultural landscapes. For more than 2,000 years, people have been growing wine and olives on the Côte d’Azur

In the Var department in Provence, oak trees are used for truffle cultivation. Only after 10 years the first truffles can be harvested.

Every year at the beginning of December, the truffle growers of the French department of Var line up in the marketplace of Aups for the opening of the truffle season. Who is allowed to sell here, to whom and at what price has been regulated by the syndicate for over 50 years.

In the Var region of Provence, most truffle growers own private land where they plant oak trees. The precious black truffle is mostly tracked down with dogs.

Truffles take six to eight months to reach maturity. The degree of ripeness is not indicated by the size, but by the smell they emit