Giuseppe Santovito Gianpiero Ottobrino
Langa truffle hunter's experiences
Gianpiero Ottobrino, born in 1968, is a Member of the "Tartufai Colline di Langa" associations.
He sets out a series of considerations about truffles, starting to highlight the objectives of his association (a groups of 45 truffle hunters) for environmental protection.
He talks of the characteristics of local truffle, and the methods of search. About dogs, according to Gianpiero Ottobrino, everyone can be trained, but the Lagotto Romagnolo have an innate quality for the search. Other animals that are commonly use in the world are pigs an the fly. Gianpiero Ottobrino describes the main technique of training dogs.
He describes the history of his passion for this product, the importance of his family, and his relationship with his dogs. He also points out elements of local folklore, and incidents that occurs during the hunt
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Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Sommariva Perno
District: CN
Altitude: 389m s.l.m.
Wikipedia: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sommariva_Perno
Gianpiero Ottobrino
Date of birth: 05-31-1968
Languages: Italiano
Document by: Franco Zampicinini, Luca Percivalle
Video by: Remo Schellino
Created: 31-12-2014
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The white truffle
The white truffle
The archive investigates white truffles, known for their taste and frivolous aspects, but not for their cultural characteristics which plasmed generations of truffle hunters. The research presents a substrate of knowledge documented through dozens of interviews: historical and anthropological elements, rituals and myths on this prized fungus, still considered nowadays a nocturnal mystery. The project was promoted by the University of Gastronomic Sciences, l’Athe National Association “Città del Tartufo”, the national centre for truffle research and the Cassa di Risparmio di Cuneo Foundation.
