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Notes from the house

A truffle dog in the autumn forest near Motovun
October · Truffle season

A white truffle morning in Motovun

Into the forest with the hunter and his dogs before the day warms, and the truffle shaved over lunch the same morning.

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Notes from the house and the season.

A glass and a LaMaison bottle on the morning tray
A day

A day at LaMaison, from first light

Coffee waiting the way you take it, breakfast to the hour, and a day shaped around you before you wake.

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Olive oil poured over fresh pasta in the LaMaison kitchen
The kitchen

LaMaison Kitchen

Breakfast, lunch and dinner cooked in the house by our own chef, from the garden and the Istrian season.

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Andrea and Matija Radovčić with their family at LaMaison
The founders

Why we built LaMaison

In Andrea and Matija's words, the question the house was built to answer.

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Loungers by the pool in the early light at LaMaison
Quiet

Quiet mornings, and the pool at first light

The whole house yours alone, and the salty pool heated year round, before anyone else is awake.

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A mother and child with the family dog at LaMaison
Family

A house for the whole family

Children welcome, dogs welcome, and days built for time together, every part arranged.

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A medieval hilltown on its ridge in inland Istria
Inland Istria

The hilltowns of inland Istria

Motovun above the truffle forest, Grožnjan the town of artists, and Buzet the truffle capital, all within forty minutes.

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A glass of Istrian Malvazija white wine among the vines
The cellar

Istrian wine, Malvazija and Teran

Two indigenous grapes tasted among the family wineries of inland Istria, or brought to your own table.

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A salad from the LaMaison kitchen garden
The garden

The garden that decides the menu

The chef picks at dawn and cooks the day around what is ready, with eggs, honey and olive oil from the village.

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An olive tree in the groves of inland Istria
November

The olive harvest

Hand picked and cold pressed within hours, the new oil on the breakfast table, from a region named the finest for olive oil on earth.

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An outdoor cinema under the stars by the pool at LaMaison
Evenings

An outdoor cinema under the sky

The lawn by the pool becomes a cinema under the stars, for children early and for grown ups late.

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