His Majesty the Black Truffle

January 22, 2024 – A very special event dedicated to Italian cuisine. A guest chef from Umbria, Junio Valerio Gallina (foto on the right) – trained at the 3 Michelin Star restaurant Niko Romito – taught us how to make the perfect risotto with Winter Black Truffle. Not a normal risotto, but the perfect one!

For this unique Charleston event we welcomed not only the chef but also a delicious load of truffles direct from Carlo Caporicci, the owner of Tenuta San Pietro a Pettine in Umbria (photo on the left).

A very special GRAZIE to Carlo Caporicci, that shipped to us as a donation of 500 grams of the species PREGIATO NERO, the most precious among the black truffles.

Carlo tells that when he was a child he learned the art of interpreting a storm, predicting how the sun or the snow will affect the truffles. Work with truffles means to respect the soil, and, above all, it means always being ready for the unpredictable. Carlo is third generation. in San Pietro a Pettine where all started in 1948. The estate has three hundred hectares of age-old woods with protected and reserved truffle grounds and one of the property’s jewels is a Romanesque parish church from the 13th century dominating the striking valley between Assisi and Spoleto.

Another treat of the evening was the rare opportunity to sample the white and the red wines of the Fendi family Umbrian vineyards.