Gold from Istria

Golden Truffle imports the world’s finest truffle products from the beautiful Crotian Istria region to United Kingdom. By working directly with local supplier, Golden Truffle is able to ensure that his customers are receiving the freshest quality products year round. 
Truffles are rare and expensive. The underground mushroom with potato-like body called tuber lives in the Istrian soil and is considered the highlight of the regional cuisine.
Though they can grow in other parts of the world such as Australia, regions of Italy, such as Piedmont and Umbria, Istria has become known for the highest quality truffles – especially the white truffle that can rival those of Italian regions of Alba and Piedmont.
1.310 kilogram heavy white truffle is found in the forest of Motovun located in the northern central part of Istria around the medieval city of Motovun sitting charmingly on a hill top overlooking the the stretching Mirna river valley below.
The soil here is damp and the forest vegetated with different types of oak – a tree that the truffle lives symbiotically with. It’s found in wet grounds, usually near the rivers and dug by specially trained dogs.The Savoi family introduced the truffles to the European courts during the Middle Ages. It was Giacomo Morra, a restaurant owner from Alba in the northern Italian province of Piedmont who popularized the truffle and truffle dishes in the 1930s. The white truffle of Alba is highly valued but Istrian varieties are equally if not even more prized by the experts for their exquisite quality.

And Golden Truffle brings that quality to you!