The event is organised by Comune di Monteu Roero in collaboration with Associazione Tartufai delle Rocche del Roero.
“A Sant’Andrèja, r’invern… e ra trîfuřa muntu ‘n carèja” “A Sant’Andrea arriva l’inverno… e la trifola (il tartufo) sale in carrozza”
“At Sant’Andrèja, winter arrives… and the trifola (truffle) rides in a carriage”
The Roero of the Rocche celebrates and tells the story of the Alba White Truffle “Rocche del Roero,” the first cru in Italy dedicated to the protection and promotion of the Roero truffle-growing areas.
Programme — Saturday, November 29
9:30 AM | Alba
Visit to the Truffle Museum and the National Truffle Study Centre
Communal lunch
3:00 PM | Monteu Roero
Inauguration of the truffle area
7:15 PM | Rocca Rostia
Dinner with local chefs
Programme — Sunday, November 30
10:00 AM | Town Council Hall
White Truffle Market
- Opening ceremony and ribbon cutting
- Market with trifolau (truffle hunters) and guests
- Tribute to monumental trees
2:30 PM | Piazza Bergadani
Coronation of the King of the Rocche
- Truffle hunting Olympics
- Coronation of the King
- Roasted chestnuts and mulled wine