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The International Market of the WHITE TRUFFLE OF ALBA

The ‘AlbaQualità' event is
featured within the context
of the White Truffle Market
and is a great opportunity for
all gourmets and visitors with
a passion for food to discover
some of the delicious foods and
wines made in the Langa and Roero regions.
The dozens of stands included in ‘AlbaQualità' will be groaning
beneath all sorts of goodies, including
handmade pastries and egg pasta, local
cheeses and salamis. The wines on offer
are those that provide a refined ‘supporting
cast' for the star of the show, the
White Truffle itself: for information on
the white truffle, we advise visitors to
refer to the group of experts from the
National Truffle Study Centre.
For all those visitors who are already
familiar with our local cuisine, a lunch
break in the restaurant area of the Fair,
(appropriately entitled ‘Oltre il Tartufo'
or ‘Beyond the Truffle'), will undoubtedly
prove more than satisfactory...
This is the heart of the White Truffle Fair,
where the visitor first comes into contact
with the smell and feel of these mysterious
and fascinating mushrooms.
Every truffle on sale in the Market is first
controlled and vouched for by a special
Truffle Commission before being set before
the public. The Commission, a group of truffle
experts, can also be consulted during the course of the Fair at a special
desk and forms part of a project whose aim it is to increase
awareness in all those areas where the public comes into
contact with truffles, in addition to protecting the interests
of those who choose to buy a truffle or who have
encountered any problems.
Within the Market, all truffles weighing more than 20 g
are sold in a numbered bag that gives the buyer the right
to change his or her truffle if it proves unsatisfactory.