Boisset Collection, the Franco-American, family-owned fine wine company, and the American Truffle Co. (ATC), the leader in truffle science and cultivation in North America, are partnering to cultivate Périgord black truffles at Raymond Vineyards in Napa Valley. The truffles produced will be marketed by Boisset Collection and ATC to both professional chefs and consumer home chefs alike.
Périgord black truffles are among the most expensive foods in the world, with soaring demand continuing to far exceed declining supply. Routinely commanding over $1,000 per pound, they have been produced almost exclusively in Europe. Using extensive science, however, ATC has been producing this culinary treasure (aka black diamond) in many areas outside of its native European habitat, including Northern California where the wine growing regions offer particularly suitable climates and soil.