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Truffle Huntress Services

Truffle Hunts & Gastro Tourism
We will start off the hunt by hiking through the hazelnut grove. During our search for the elusive black truffle we will share with you the history of truffle cultivation

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Truffle Dog Training
Search for the winter black Périgord truffle, one of the worlds rarest gastronomic joys, as you learn about the interaction between hunter and handler.

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Gastro Tourism, Domestic & Imported Truffles, Salts & Butters.
Tesoro Mio Truffle Ranch is a Gastro Tourism destination! We offer Imported Truffles, Domestic French Perigord Black Truffles, Black Perigord Truffle butter, and Baleine Salt,

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Truffle Farming
Tesoro Mio (Treasure of mine) is our producing truffle farm in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountain’s of Northern California. We are one of the very few Truffiere’s in California that is producing the French Perigord or Winter Black Truffle aka “Black Diamond” of the kitchen.

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CA Truffle dog

Truffle Surveys
Truffle Huntress has successfully unearthed cultivated and wild truffles in Washington, Oregon and our home state of California. In addition to “hound found” truffles we can provide soil and root sample collection for field and laboratory analysis.

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Truffle Dogs
Truffle Huntress has the privilege of raising and training Truffle Dogs in a producing truffle orchard Tesoro Mio Truffiere. The Lagotto Romagnolo is the only dog specifically bred to hunt the underground tuber known as truffles.

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Truffle Huntress In The Press

A nose for luxury

San Francisco Chronicle : By Tara Duggan March 27, 2019   As California’s truffle industry grows, so does the need for trained hunters.   In Placerville, Alana McGee trains dogs bred for centuries to sniff out the luxury ingredient. “Truffle,” William Shadbolt said firmly to Zane, his 5-month-old dog, holding a small perforated tin with a slice of the luxury mushroom ...
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The hunt for black gold

The Guardian : Sat 23 Mar 2019 Staci O’Toole smells the soil at a Jackson Family Wines property, Santa Rosa, California. Photograph: Talia Herman/The Guardian The hunt for black gold: is California the world’s next truffle hotspot? For decades, enthusiasts have hoped truffles can follow wine’s path to success in the state. Charlotte Simmonds joins a search for the delicacy ...
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Sniffing out culinary gold

Mountain Democrat: By John Poimiroo March 06 2019 Sniffing out culinary gold in the heart of the Mother Lode While walking dogs with her friends six years ago, Staci O’Toole and the other ladies fantasized about the perfect job. They joked that it would have to involve dogs, of course, plus wine, food and being outdoors. Months later, O’Toole was ...
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California black truffles

San Francisco Chronicle : Tara Duggan Feb. 6, 2019 Northern California is suddenly awash in locally grown black truffles For decades, enthusiasts have hoped truffles can follow wine’s path to success in the state. So far this winter, a farm in Placerville (El Dorado County) has found 1 pound of prized, elusive black truffles, leading to its first sale to a ...
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Meet The Truffle Huntress

Mila the Truffle Huntress is a Lagotto Romagnolo. Italy’s oldest and rarest dog breed that was kept from extinction due to its distinction of hunting truffles. Learn More About Mila

Truffle Farming in The U.S.

In an industry that is still immature, growing truffles reliably is still considered by many as experimental farming in the New World. Fortunately, there have been new advances in scientific methods and theory in the past decade. DNA and Mycorrhizal testing are now used to confirm the presence of activity of the correct tuber species. Learn More About Truffle Farming

Truffle Resource Center

Looking for information on where to buy truffles, hunt truffles, or how to grow truffles. Check out our Truffle resources page. Years of experience in the world of truffles has lead us to the finest truffle resources and we are happy to share those resources with you. Learn More

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Excited to be offering Truffle Hunts and Truffle Cooking Classes at our working Truffiere-Tesoro Mio Truffle Ranch, in the beautiful Foothills of the Sierra Nevadas ... See MoreSee Less
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Prepping our Truffle Huntress Salts with the first Black truffles of the Season!! @ My side of the Mountain ... See MoreSee Less
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Still finding tiny winter blacks at Tesoro Mio Truffle Ranch!! Delish on École Ritz Escoffier Jeannie’s veal ravioli with our roasted heirloom tomato coulis @ El Dorado County, California ... See MoreSee Less
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  • A nose for luxury
    In Tesoro Mio Truffiere, Truffle Dogs, Truffle Farming in the US, Truffle Hunting, Truffle Huntress, Uncategorized
    March 27, 2019
    San Francisco Chronicle : By Tara Duggan March 27, […]
  • The hunt for black gold
    In Truffle Farming in the US, Truffle Hunting, Uncategorized
    March 23, 2019
    The Guardian : Sat 23 Mar 2019   Staci […]
  • Sniffing out culinary gold
    In Tesoro Mio Truffiere, Truffle Dogs, Truffle Farming in the US, Truffle Hunting, Uncategorized
    March 6, 2019
    Mountain Democrat: By John Poimiroo March 06 2019 […]
  • California black truffles
    In Tesoro Mio Truffiere, Truffle Dogs, Truffle Farming in the US, Truffle Hunting, Truffle Huntress, Uncategorized
    February 6, 2019
    San Francisco Chronicle : Tara Duggan Feb. 6, 2019 […]
  • This trained dog digs up buried treasure worth as much as $900 a pound
    In Uncategorized
    January 10, 2018
    This trained dog digs up buried treasure worth as much […]
  • The ‘Truffle Huntress’ aims for California growth
    In Tesoro Mio Truffiere, Truffle Dogs, Truffle Farming in the US, Truffle Hunting, Uncategorized
    January 3, 2018
    abc 10 News: Author: John Bartell Jan 03 2018 Growing […]
  • Truffled Wild Turkey-Anyone?
    In Tesoro Mio Truffiere, Truffle Dogs, Truffle Farming in the US, Truffle Hunting, Truffle Huntress, Truffle Recipes
    November 24, 2016
    Can a more perfect match be found for the indulgence […]
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    It’s Cornucopia of all things Autumnal. The bounty of […]