A bar where every cocktail is born from the land, the seasons and the garden.
At SAL8 mixology does not begin with the bottle, but with the land. Wild herbs, flowers, fruit and roots harvested across the estate become infusions, distillates and ferments: the living base of every cocktail.
It is the direct extension of the garden and the supply chain of Poggio ai Santi, where the season decides what ends up in the glass and every sip keeps the memory of the place it comes from.
In the heart of the Poggio ai Santi park, the art of mixology meets the chic elegance of a vintage setting. SAL8 translates the landscape into a language made of herbs, infusions and seasonal elements.
It is not about complexity, but identity: every drink reflects the land it comes from, in a more unexpected and playful way. Behind the counter lies a daily craft of foraging, patient waiting and gestures repeated with the natural cycles.
Alongside the mixology, a list that draws on recipes over 150 years old — from pre-Prohibition America to tiki charm and a European bohemian soul — and a selection of local wines, together with the Estratti amari produced at Poggio ai Santi.
A method that, pursued with consistency, is today legible far beyond our territory. SAL8 won first place in the green category at the Bar Awards 2026.
The award, promoted by Bar Giornale, each year selects around 200 venues across Italy and celebrates the projects that structurally integrate agricultural practices, short supply chains and a conscious use of resources.
The agricultural bar has also entered the prestigious Top 500 Bars in the world, at number 438: a milestone for a place where the cocktails, quite literally, are born in the garden.
As the sun drops over the park, SAL8 becomes the place to slow down. A glass among the trees, a signature cocktail, the embers of the Bar’BQ scenting the air.
Among olive trees, lavender and maritime pines, the aperitivo turns into a slow, convivial ritual: the same bond between land and table that lives at the Il Sale restaurant, here told in a glass.
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Raise a glass at Poggio ai Santi
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BOOK YOUR STAYPoggio ai Santi lives in a landscape where sea, hills and light meet in a silent balance.
Between the Tuscan countryside and the coast, Poggio is at once open and protected: a place shaped by natural beauty, by soft horizons and by a rare sense of refined calm.