Prunotto Winery and Urbani Truffles Announce 2017 White Truffle Festival
Expanding on last year’s New York City White Truffle Festival, Prunotto and Urbani will offer pairing specials at high-end restaurants in select markets
New York, NY - Prunotto, one of the oldest and most prominent wineries in Piedmont, Italy, and Urbani Truffles, the leading global purveyor of fresh truffles and truffle products, have teamed up for the second year to present the 2017 White Truffle Festival, taking place November 3-12. After launching exclusively in New York last year, this year’s week-long festival will also expand into Houston, Las Vegas, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco and Portland, allowing wine and truffle lovers to indulge in decadent truffle-based dishes at the country’s best Italian restaurants.
The 2017 White Truffle Festival aims to bring the world-famous celebration of the Fiera Internazionale del Tartufo Bianco di Alba to the US — marrying two of the most luxurious culinary exports of Piedmont: Alba white truffles and red wines. For this special week, restaurants will be presenting exclusive menus and dishes showcasing Alba white truffles from Urbani Truffles, paired with wines from Prunotto, including Barolo and Barbaresco, whose vines grow in the same areas where the white truffles are found. Specialty dishes will be prepared and paired expertly with the Prunotto wines by prominent chefs and restaurateurs around the country.
A full list of participating restaurants by city is available here. Diners can contact the restaurants directly for reservations. For more information about the exceptional portfolio of Prunotto wines, interviews with estate manager, Emanuele Baldi are available upon request. Please also visit https://prunotto.it/inglese/home.php. For more information about Urbani Truffles, please visit: http://www.urbani.com
ABOUT PRUNOTTO
The wines of Prunotto, especially the Barolo and Barbaresco red wines, are truly exceptional – marrying quality, authenticity, and a Piedmont identity in every glass. Owned by the iconic winemaking family of Italy, Marchesi Antinori, Prunotto’s success can be attributed to 26 generations of winemaking experience, a passion for innovation, and Albiera Antinori’s long-term vision to make Prunotto one of Piedmont’s most exceptional wineries.
ABOUT URBANI TRUFFLES
Also operating as a family business, since their inception in 1852, Urbani’s reputation for excellence has been carefully and faithfully handed from one generation to the next. The continued success of Urbani has arguably been made possible by the unique charisma and profound knowledge of the family’s fourth generation to run the company, Paolo and Bruno. Their greatest pleasure is seeing their truffles, which are found and picked in fertile woodlands, being served on tables in some of the most prestigious restaurants in the world.
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