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Les Pastras

At this 11-acre organic subcontract outside Aix-en-Provence, American Lisa Pepin and her French married man, Johann, lead truffle-hunting tours in English during both the summer (May to September) and winter (mid-Nov to mid-March) truffle seasons. Guests search for "black aureate" while learning about how truffles are harvested and truffle dogs are trained, and then enjoy a sampling of fresh truffle hors d'oeuvres, Champagne, and Les Pastras' olive and truffle oils. During the hunt, the Pepins regale their visitors with stories of success and sabotage, while teaching them the difference between a Provençale truffle and its inferior Chinese counterparts, and how to properly make clean, store, and melt with truffles. Johann's enchanting tales and Lisa's joie de vivre will have you coming back for more, only side by side fourth dimension to stomp grapes, harvest olives, or but shop the farm's succulent products.

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Mon February 29 17:forty:37 EST 2016

Chase for Truffles in Provence

Provence is an exhilarant place to be in belatedly summertime when Parisians and other tourists take returned home, but the weather is still hot and the days still long. It was during this period one warm evening that I went on a truffle hunt In the Luberon at the organic farm of the Franco-American couple Johann and Lisa Pepin. The couple inherited the farm and in 2008 they discovered the oak copse on the property were producing truffles. They've planted more copse in the hopes of creating even more summer and winter truffles (never a for sure matter). A big role of their business organization is agrotourism and they offer truffle hunting tours where curious truffle lovers can become out with Johann and two well trained truffle dogs. By the end you accept a basket full of fresh truffles and you complete the feel by enjoying truffle slices on bread and local cheese with Champagne while sitting next to the Pepin'southward pool as the setting sun casts everything in a rose gold hue. Equally if you didn't already desire to escape the rat race and alive out your "Year in Provence" fantasy already.