NewPress: Jackson Family Wines turns to growing truffles in Sonoma, USA

Cain Calvo (left) and Louis Gonzalez put in rowsed with P of hazelnut saplings for Jackson Family Wines, which is planting 10 acres of hazelnut trees inoculated with Perigord truffle spores in Santa Rosa.

Perigord truffles: They’re called black gold because they’re one of the most expensive and luxurious ingredients in the world.

Historically foraged in the Perigord region of France and used in the finest restaurants in the world, the black truffle could soon be Sonoma County’s next big crop.

Farmers and vintners, who believe that Sonoma’s terroir and climate mirrors Perigord, are buying up land, ripping out vineyards and planting trees inoculated with the fungus, hoping to strike it rich – or at least grow some of the best-tasting truffles in the new world.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/30/BUKO1J4HHT.DTL#ixzz1Vmug4Yis

“Truffle Kerfuffle”. Documentary explaining the truffle industry in Australia.

Good afternoon everybody,

I just received this link from Maria Lidia Hance (NZ) that i would like to share with you. Is a segment of a documentary explaining the truffle industry in Australia. Hope you will enjoy it.

A copy of the segment can be downloaded from:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-07/truffle-kerfuffle/2828172

Best regards,

Ricardo