Truffle Facts

Although more than three quarters of the national production comes from south-eastern France,

Truffles are not comnfined to Drome and neighbouring Vaucluse.

The Dordogne and the Lot, the modern departments incorporating historic Perigord - once the

most famous of all sources of black truffles - still produce a significant quantity.

In wine , this whole region of the South West collectively quality. Apart from Bordeaux, it is a

region which among others embraces Bergerac, Cahors, Gaillac, Irouleguy and Madiran. Small

wonder that among its many distinguished restaurants it is not easy to find a menu on which the

truffle does not appear.

Burgundy, too has its producers, with October truffle markets in Noyers - sur- Serein a visitor

attraction, and the vineyards of outdone., Champagne, which more than a century ago was a

fungus, has developed a new way of growing it. In Autumn, the Hotel terminus-Reine in

Chaumont, focal point of the trade, offers special "truffle- orientated" weekends. Less than

half an hour drive to the north -east are the outstanding, but comparatively little known

champagnes of the Aube.