The first Vernaccia vines were anciently planted on the lands of Sinis peninsula wide open on an auricular gulf where the vine finds even today a propitious soil and takes the gust of mediterranean winds. One of these, the Mistral seems to be a main component of that peculiar bitterish taste which characterizes this wine. Like a dampened echo of a sea taste wrenched from the soul of the waves and imprisoned by the wind which, with its salty blows, passes it on to the bunches of grapes from which the Vernaccia will drip. Another important element is that the propitious environment for the ripening of the Vernaccia grapes is the Oristano area. We know that nature itself often creates remedies against the troubles she generates; the Vernacccia with its peculiar characteristics, was born in this windy region full of ponds and marshes and extremely malarian, to offer a protection to the inhabitants of this land. Then it is
likely to be very ancient, probably known by the first inhabitants of this valley, the Phoenician Punic ones, the Romans, the Byzantines. Nowadans, the Vernaccia has a festive role. It’s the nectar to drink the health of our country.

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