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World Truffle Auction returns to Grinzane Cavour on 8 November
The charity sale that closes Alba's truffle fair moves to its 27th edition at the UNESCO-listed castle, a year after its top lot sold for €110,000 to a buyer in Hong Kong.
Alba's white truffle fair runs to December in its 96th year
The World Truffle Market, chef-led dinners and cooking classes keep the Langhe hills busy through December 6, as this year's harvest finds its price.
Italy's chestnut prices rise 46% as drought cuts the harvest
Ismea's October price data put chestnuts at €3.50 a kilo nationally, up 46 percent in a year, as Coldiretti estimates this autumn's harvest is down by about a quarter.
Greece's olive oil crop rebounds as prices sink below cost
Growers are heading for their biggest harvest in four years, but mill-gate prices in Crete have slipped under €4 a kilo, and some say they are selling at a loss.
Istria's white truffle season runs to early November
A run of autumn festivals in Motovun, Livade and Buzet marks Croatia's answer to Alba — the same prized fungus, a lower profile, and a season that peaks this week.
Bordeaux's 2026 harvest ends early after a scorching summer
Growers finished one of the earliest Bordeaux harvests on record after a hot, dry summer cut yields, with early tastings pointing to a rich, concentrated style.
Alba white truffle season opens at record prices
Prices are averaging €1,853 a kilogram this season, setting up an expensive run into the region's 96th truffle fair, which opens in October and runs into December.
Alba white truffle fair runs from 10 October to 6 December
The 96th edition opens the season in Piedmont with nine weekends of market trading, a quality commission on the tables and the charity auction on 8 November.
Olive oil prices sit low as Spain's next crop wobbles
Extra virgin is trading around four euros a kilo at origin while early field data points to a sharp fall in flowering fertility for the 2026/27 harvest.
North Sea in September, sole up and plaice under question
Sole advice is up 16.4% for 2026, skippers say the plaice numbers do not match the nets, and Zeeland mussels are back after the worst season of the century.
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