Tartuflanghe

A family of Alba truffle

Tartuflanghe was born from a restaurant. In 1968, Giuseppe "Beppe" Montanaro, who had started cooking in 1950 and had worked as a ship's cook, opened Ristorante Da Beppe in the historic centre of Alba. In 1975 he and his wife, Domenica Bertolusso, founded Tartuflanghe to select and certify fresh truffle, above all the white Alba truffle, and ship it all over the world. From the early eighties they began packaging the truffle recipes that had made the restaurant famous.

Today it is run by Stefania and Paolo Montanaro together with Veronica Giraudo, and it remains a family business. Among its milestones are the Tartufissima, a truffle pasta from 1990; the Trifulòt chocolates, from its chocolate workshop since 2005; and, in 2025, when it turned fifty, the opening of the Pico Bistrot, run by chefs Francesco and Giuseppe D'Errico. It looks after more than 30 hectares of woodland and truffle grounds between the Langhe, Roero and Monferrato.

Where it is

The headquarters is at Loc. Catena Rossa 7, in Piobesi d'Alba, on the outskirts of Alba, in the Roero. There it has the pasta factory, the chocolate workshop and the laboratories, and a shop open Monday to Friday, from 8:30 to 17:00; it is closed at weekends.

The visits

The company opens to visitors in three formats, which the website announces for all year:

• Company visit and tasting, of an hour and a half to two hours, indoors: the pasta factory, the chocolate workshop and the laboratories, and a tasting of truffle specialities with Piedmont wines from its farm estate, Pedemontis.
• Visit, truffle hunt and tasting, of about two and a half hours: adds a walk in the woods with its trifolao, the truffle hunters, and its truffle dogs.
• Visit, hunt, tasting and lunch or dinner at Pico Bistrot, of about four hours, at La Madernassa Resort. Fresh seasonal truffle can be added.

For the two with an outing into the woods they recommend comfortable clothes. The website talks of summer, autumn and white truffle, but does not set hunting dates, so ask which variety is sought on the date you choose. Prices are not published on the website; those of what we list are in the offers on this page.

Groups, languages and booking

The experiences are designed for groups of 6 to 50 people, although the form lets you request 1 to 10 places. The guides speak English, French, German and Spanish. You book with the website form: you choose the date, morning slot (9 to 10, 10 to 11 or 11 to 12), number of people and experience, and the company contacts you to confirm. It does not publish a cancellation policy or minimum age. Phone: +39 0173 361414.