Beginning July 25th in Portoferraio
The Enoteca of the Tuscan Archipelago

The location is without a doubt exceptional: at the centre of the Bastioni Medicei (the defensive barrier constructed by Buontalenti in 1558), looking out over the sea and Portoferraio. It’s the brand new Enoteca of the Tuscan Archipelago, conceived of by Apt and supported by Slow Food to promote Tuscan products from the island that have retained a certain authenticity. The area, which was once the site of a powder keg during the Second World War, an arms deposit and, to this day, a fortress, opens its impressive walls to the triumphant flavours of Elba. The event will pen on Friday, July 5th, 2008 at 18:00. An enoteca, a restaurant perfect for intimate dinners, a treasure box exploding with the cherished flavours of the Archipelago’s typical products, a perfect destination for food connoisseurs…
All of this and much more will is waiting to impress the visitors who drop by for a taste or a drink: oil, wine, honey, aromatic herbs, limoncino (lemon liquor), chestnuts, cheese, beer. The enoteca is open every day and marks the last stop in a visite to the Fortezze Medicee. By adding one euro to the cost of the ticket, you are welcome to taste all the typical products of the area and perhaps decide to splurge on a souvenir to take home. Between the goat cheese of Capraia, the oil of Gorgonia, the tuna from the Tyrrhenian Sea of Giglio, the local raw beer, the over 100 different wines, the variety of honey and herbs, there will be more than enough to fill to the brim a basket of savoury delights!

The gem of the Tuscan Archipelago and the island of a thousand flavours

The island that is. Its beauty will overwhelm your senses. In Elba, the main island of the Tuscan Archipelago, it’s all about nature and tradition. During the summer season (April through October), food and wine events are lined up one after the other. Indeed, it’s always the right occasion to taste local delicacies – the taste of Elba is made up of traditional and unique flavours, variations on Tuscan specialties…symbols of tradition at its purest. There is the traditional sweet, the “corolla”, that love-struck girls give to their admirers, one-of-a-kind pastries liket the “schiaccia briaca”, traditional miner’s dishes that are truly rare and unlike anything you’ve ever tasted, the wines produced in a special microclimate…in fact, there are 12 “doc” (Protected Designation of Origin) wines produced from the grapes that grow on this precious land caressed by the wind, including the renowned Atleatico, with it’s indistinguishable taste that Napoleon loved. Recently, two local beer-houses that produce their own Blondes have opened and the Consortium of Elban oil producers established. Marina di Campo’s “Agripesca” supports local fishermen as a group, ensuring that local fresh fish is available. This is the “trademark” that guarantees the high quality of restaurants in Elba. With its ever-exciting and novel array of flavours, suspended between land and sea, awakening your senses, Elba truly is a unique island.