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The pandemic is not over but borders are opening, and Trufflepig's A-list planning team is here to explore travel ideas with you. We invite you to:

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Rummage through our online magazine, The Sounder, to see what our planners have been up to. Dig into their thoughts on the past, present and future of travel, find ideas for your next trip, or simply scratch that frustrated travel itch.

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Take a look at our W.T.FAQ page for specific questions about planning in the time of Covid.

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Start a conversation about a specific trip, by contacting us at curious@trufflepig.com, or completing our Get in Touch page for a call-back.

Stay safe, stay careful, but stay curious.

The Wine-maker, the coffee roaster, and the Ethiopian Farmers putting their minds together for flavour

Matt McClune, coffee roaster extraordinaire at St Romain Coffee Co. in Burgundy’s Côte de Beaune, approaches all his projects in life with an untiring conviction that everything benefits from more thought, more attention and more deliberation. I should know this, because I’m in a village rock band with him (we trademarked the musical genre of […]

La Tournée des Grands Ducs

La Tournée des Grands Ducs (literally, The Tour of the Grand Dukes) is a common saying in France to refer to painting the town red, Dionysian style, or rather … Russian. The term has it roots in the habits of two Grand Dukes of Russia – Vladimir and Alexei –  the mischievous sons of Emperor […]

Changes in Burgundy’s Wine Harvest Reflect a Bigger Picture

Look at the picture. Isn’t it lovely to see an image of such unchanging tradition? Cart horses being used to transport grapes picked by hand in Burgundy’s famous Côte de Beaune, with the picturesque village of Pommard in the background, under a beautiful August blue sky… Lovely. But wait, hang on a second… doesn’t harvest […]