Macenmist Black Truffles and Wines

A destination, an experience, and a fantastic time! Foodies and truffle enthusiasts gather round! Even you farm types, get in and listen... Get down to Macenmist and enjoy an exceptional experience from two amazing hosts, and their awesome kitchen comrades. Do it! Barb and Richard run a tight, but familial set up. You'll instantly feel comfortable and involved as you're taken through the farm's history, set up, and a truffle hunt with the hunting dogs leading the charge. They freely and openly answer your inane questions, provide you with oodles of information, and show your their winter routine as we did alongside their faithful and beautiful hunting dogs. Returning hunt we then spent the afternoon in their hosting set up listening to great yarns, having more informative conversation, and indulging in 10 courses of fantastic food. We spent the day here in the end, and the experience is one I will be quick to recommend to others, as well as one I'll go back for again. Do not look at other truffieres in the region, just head to Macenmist and lap up the great time they will provide!

What a wonderful experience! Barb & Richard are amazing hosts and certainly have a wealth of knowledge when it comes to truffles & Truffle Hunting! Fahren & Tawd the Truffle dogs were amazing! We did the Degustation & hunt. This was a winner as we were able to taste our Truffle finds first hand. But the best and most unique part was having the chef cook and chat to you in a kitchen setting, which meant you weren't just sitting around waiting for next course but could interact, ask questions and just have a bit of a banter at a lovely cruisy pace! A MUST for any Truffle enthusiasts or curious!

One of the best food experiences I’ve ever had! Barbara and Richard were wonderful hosts who explained the ins and outs of truffle hunting and let our group experience the fun first hand. We enjoyed a delicious truffle brunch with truffles eggs, bacon, croissants and truffle butter before our hunt, then watched their two gorgeous dogs at work finding black truffles. We then watched the truffles being cleaned and weighed. The icing on the cake was the chocolate truffle cake they make for my best friend to celebrate her birthday - an absolutely lovely gesture.

Disappointed with the lunch experience. The food was underwhelming and didn’t justify the cost. There was no menu or explanation of the food. Although it is said to be a winery there was no wine offered with the meal. The staff seemed overwhelmed by too many people booked in. We were told to sit for an hour with one cracker to munch on while another group toured the truffle farm. Why didn’t they tell us to arrive an hour later? There was truffle pate (one tiny ramekin between 3 persons) on a slice of dry bread, a cup of pumpkin soup, a small main of some grain (cous cous?) and a bit of shredded chicken which maybe had something else on it, and cold rice dessert with a packet wafer. The dining room was very cold (it was a cold day). They had a propane gas burner in the room for warmth, but had to keep the door open for ventilation because those burners shouldn’t be inside. Apart from all of the above, the tour of the truffle farm was interesting, which lasted about 45 minutes, was interesting and we saw the truffle-hunting dog in action.