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Istria Malvasia & Truffle

Name: Istria Malvasia & Truffle
Address: Istria, HR

Malvasia aged in oak barrels with fresh white truffles — a honey-earthy-salty pairing that locals call "the taste of Istria." San Rocco restaurant in Brtonigla keeps the tradition alive in a converted family cellar.

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DiningIstria Malvasia & TruffleIn 1999, Giancarlo Zigante's dog found a 1.31kg white truffle in the Motovun forest — still the Guinness World Record. A bronze cast sits in his shop in Livade. Istrian Malvazija, Croatia's most planted white grape, has its own legally registered glass shape. Kozlović, four generations in the same village, pairs it with truffles hunted by Lagotto Romagnolo dogs in the same Mirna valley forest. Istria has been named the world's best olive oil region eight years running. Konoba Mondo — Anthony Bourdain's pick — serves fuzi pasta: hollow tubes that trap shaved truffle inside.