'A living legacy.' These three words are written on the back of a wine bottle that graces our mid-week, lunchtime table; one that is set high up in the Tuscan hills, overlooking the occasional, quintessential, and ancient castelli on the expansive, tree-lined horizon. In a group of seven we have just returned from a truffle hunt under the expert guidance of Luca from renowned local truffle hunters Savini Tartufi. Founded by Giuseppe Savini in 1920, this fourth generation business continues to thrive a century later thanks not only to the truffle traders who buy the family's wares to sell on to top hotels and restaurants the world over, but also through visitors, like us, who come here to experience the process in person. Our designated truffle hounds today, father and son, Giotto and Dante, are two of Savini's eight Lagotto Romagnolo breed, each trained to find seven different varieties of truffle. Bounding through puddles and over and under pine trees, these soft,
'A living legacy.' These three words are written on the back of a wine bottle that graces our mid-week, lunchtime table; one that is set high up in the Tuscan hills, overlooking the occasional, quintessential, and ancient castelli on the expansive, tree-lined horizon. In a group of seven we have just returned from a truffle hunt under the expert guidance of Luca from renowned local truffle hunters Savini Tartufi. Founded by Giuseppe Savini in 1920, this fourth generation business continues to thrive a century later thanks not only to the truffle traders who buy the family's wares to sell on to top hotels and restaurants the world over, but also through visitors, like us, who come here to experience the process in person. Our designated truffle hounds today, father and son, Giotto and Dante, are two of Savini's eight Lagotto Romagnolo breed, each trained to find seven different varieties of truffle. Bounding through puddles and over and under pine trees, these soft,