They only find their voice for a few weeks a year.
To respect that fleeting aroma and maintain our
technical integrity, our foray events are limited to three
exclusive dates-one Sunday per month,
December through February.
The rest of the year is practice.
Check back this fall for the formal release of dates.
Zara & Bodi are already warming up!
Authentic Harvesting Events
Join us for a morning of quiet elegance and unscripted discovery. Our dogs work in a genuine partnership with the land to locate truffles exactly where they ripened, in situ.
At The Truffle Hunters, we believe a premium culinary experience requires absolute transparency. While many events offer "theatrical simulations" using pre-planted truffles, we have transitioned our exclusive seasonal events to a Fully Productive Truffiere (Producing Truffle Orchard).
We provide our guests with Authentic Provenance: the high-stakes atmospheric tension of a professional live harvest that "staged" targets simply cannot replicate.
"Baci" for Mrs. Mondavi after insisting Rico
must come inside for lunch!
Zara looking good after a long day of truffling and greeting new friends
Rico waiting to greet the curious truffle dog lovers at Oxbow market
Tuber Melanosporum
Tuber Melanosporum
Tuber Magnatum
Tuber Melanosporum
Domestic whites and blacks
Tuber aestivum
A World of Truffles
or a local spot!
Our regular truffle hunting "sniffing grounds" are:
Northern California: Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, Lake, Nevada, and Alameda Counties.
Oregon: Jackson, and Yamhill Counties
Inquire about other hunting locations! We love to travel and have over sixteen years of field experience in in Spain, Croatia, Greece, Slovenia, & Italy
Bravo! She does it again! Zara, the truffle queen, finds all the hidden truffles
in the beautiful Raymond truffle orchard, Napa Truffle Festival.