Annette Laurie

Review of Fonty's Pool Wines

Truffle and Wine Co. - What a fantastic place this...

Truffle and Wine Co. - What a fantastic place this is - set amongst 53 acres of Jarrah and Karri trees .
The Black Winter Truffles known the world over as a rare delicacy and also known as Black Gold, were shown to us in a small tub and there was about $2,500 dollars worth in there. The oak and hazelnut trees on the property were first inoculated in 1997 and the owners had to wait 6 years for the first truffle crop to be discovered. That is some faith in their investment. They initially produced 600kg and now produce over 5,000kg over 60% of the total produced by Australia. They were also the first company to produce Black Truffles in Australia. They use dogs to find the truffles and they are labradors, because they are motivated by food no surprises there then.
We had tastings of various wines and were told so much by a really informative young lady, which of course led to some wonderful purchases for our friends, lots of wine, and for us some liqueur truffle wine OMG it is just lush! We are bound by luggage weights and restrictions or it would have been a lot more such are the bargains to be had.