from our web site... The new cellar of the Boutique Hotel Ilio The Boutique Hotel Ilio has a renowned cellar, where you can discover the best wines of Elba and Tuscany, an ideal and trendy place to taste and to appreciate the wine making traditions of Tuscany, and Elba in particular, a land of great sweet wines, but also white wines made from Ansonica grapes, reds and rosés. The new cellar of the Hotel Ilio offers a wide choice of Elban and Tuscan DOC wines, providing an occasion for themed tastings. Ample space is also given to typical Tuscan products, such as meditative wines, grappa and brandy. The Boutique Hotel Ilio? It was once an ancient cellar The cultivation of grapes and production of wine was in the past one of the main activities on the island, before tourism. Over the years, Elba has become a highly sought after tourist destination, thanks to its beautiful and varied natural conformation, but has not forgotten or neglected its origins. The area used for wine producing has become smaller, but the taste and refined nature of this specific wine, which has become more sought after over time, has not changed. For some years now, there has been an official “Elban Itinerary of wine routes”, a route amongst the most important wine makers and vines on the island, dedicated to lovers of wine and gastronomy, ideal for the early autumn months when the weather is still mild and the desire to discover new places is combined with the need to satisfy the palate with wine tastings and typical food products. The wine making tradition has been continued by Maurizio Testa, who has characterised it with the Hi Wine brand of the Boutique Hotel Ilio. The Hotel itself used to be an old cellar, founded by his grandfather Ilio Testa, a wine maker. Ilio produced “Elba white” and “Elba red”, a passion which his g.....