Sip of the Day

“Story Genius” by Lisa Cron is the perfect book for National Tell a Story Day (today!). It’s intuitive and instructive but not formulaic and can be applied to any plot-driven story. Let this book and a sip of Barrua get your tall tales going. Like all great wines, Barrua has a fascinating story behind it. A Sardinian red sometimes described as a “Super Sardinian,” it uses a grape of Spanish origin in the majority of its blend, Carignano, which founding winemaker Giacomo Tachis intuited would grow beautifully on the sunny Italian island. Even Barrua’s label has a story to tell: it depicts the front of a twelfth century coin found in the vineyards whose inscriptions connect it to “Rex Baresonus,” or Barisone I of Arborea, crowned King of Sardinia in 1146. Finally, its IGT appellation Isola dei Nuraghi refers to the island’s ancient stone structures from the Nuragic civilization…all highly fascinating and mysterious, like the best stories are!