点评:Our family recently visited Tuscany from Los Angeles. In planning for the trip and exploring options, we decided to splurge and book a truffle hunting, lunch and wine pairing experience with Truffle in Tuscany. What a wonderful decision that was!
Our trip was in late November. We had a unique and memorable experience. Our party of 5 included three generations ranging in age from 21 to 83.
In advance of the visit, I shared with Massimo my concerns about the terrain given that two in our party were in their 80s.
Massimo has choices were to take people hunting, and the place we “hunted” with Melo (to be honest where Melo hunted and we followed!) was of a terrain navigable by our 80+ year old moms. It was peaceful to walk in the forest, following Melo, learning about truffles. And it was exciting when she found three truffles.
After hunting, we returned to the Cucchiara property and met Letizia, Massimo’s sister, who prepared an incredible lunch for us, featuring four courses (2 with black truffles and 2 with white truffles) paired with four local wines We were able to watch her cook various elements of the meal, and she gave us tips on how to recognize authentic truffles, encouraging us to sample each type while preparing the food.
As we oohed and aahed about the meal and wines, Letizia and Massimo’s father, Salvatore came into the space to show off the white truffles he had found that morning.
It was an incredible several hours; we learned about truffles and the truffle-hunting life, we dined on delectable food paired with delicious wine, and we learned some cooking techniques and interesting pairings to try at home.
I highly recommend the experience! After being home for over a month, all the family members who participated agreed this was one of the highlights of our trip.
翻译:我们一家最近从洛杉矶去了托斯卡纳。在计划这次旅行并研究各种方案时,我们决定奢侈一把,预订了托斯卡纳松露之旅(Truffle in Tuscany)的松露狩猎、午餐和葡萄酒搭配体验。这真是一个绝妙的决定!
我们的旅行是在十一月底。这是一次独特而难忘的经历。我们一行五人,涵盖三代人,年龄从21岁到83岁不等。
出发前,我跟马西莫(Massimo)说了我对地形的担忧,因为我们一行中有两位已经八十多岁的老人。
马西莫有很多狩猎地点可以选择,而我们和梅洛(Melo)一起“狩猎”的地方(说实话,是梅洛在寻找,我们跟着她!)地形平坦,我们八十多岁的妈妈们都能轻松行走。在森林里漫步,跟着梅洛,了解松露的知识,感觉非常惬意。当她找到三颗松露时,我们都兴奋不已。
狩猎结束后,我们回到库奇亚拉庄园,见到了马西莫的妹妹莱蒂齐亚。她为我们准备了一顿丰盛的午餐,包括四道菜(两道用黑松露,两道用白松露),并搭配了四款当地葡萄酒。我们亲眼目睹了她烹饪每道菜的过程,她还教我们如何辨别真正的松露,并鼓励我们在烹饪过程中品尝每一种松露。
正当我们对美食和美酒赞不绝口时,莱蒂齐亚和马西莫的父亲萨尔瓦托走了进来,向我们展示了他当天早上找到的白松露。
这几个小时真是太棒了!我们了解了松露和松露狩猎的生活,品尝了美味佳肴和醇香美酒,还学到了一些烹饪技巧和有趣的搭配方法,可以在家里尝试。
我强烈推荐这次体验!回家一个多月后,所有参与的家庭成员都一致认为这是我们此次旅行的亮点之一。