Truffle hunt with the dogs at Tenuta Ronzano

Come autumn the Ronzano family take you into the woods above Costigliole with the dogs, who work the air a while and then start digging where the truffle hides. Nicolò leads most of the walks — third generation of trifulau here — and he'll talk as much about how the season keeps shifting with the weather as about where to find one. Book through book.tenutaronzano.it; they run it in English as well as Italian, and there's usually a glass of the estate Barbera and whatever the dogs turned up waiting at the end. Bring boots — the ground's often damp under the leaves.

Run by Tenuta Ronzano