EUGENIO BREZZI

The history of our company is linked to the history of our family, the founder EUGENIO BREZZI, my father, discovered truffles at the end of the twenties of the last century, when my grandfather Pietro took him to collect pine trees in the pine forests of the Tuscan Maremma. During those long days of work, my father was attracted to a man who, walking around the pine forest with his dog, seemed to be looking for a hidden treasure. With the curiosity of a child and the enterprising spirit he followed the "odd couple" until he saw the dog stop, start scratching on the ground and bark joyfully. The man bent down and picked up something, petted the dog and they both left visibly satisfied with the result of their search. My father approached carefully and examined what remained of the precious find, taking some small fragments of what must have been a fragrant and precious truffle. Jokingly wanting to emulate the game he had witnessed, and with a glimmer of intuition, he took those little pieces home and let his dog Lola smell them. Then she started hiding the pieces and every time Lola found them she was rewarded. This is how the story of this "little great truffle hunter