It was Andy Wahol who once said that everyone would experience at least 15 minutes of fame at some point during their lifetime. In the age of pop culture, fly-on-the-wall TV and YouTube, my guess is this notion has even more chance of becoming a reality. Indeed the whole concept of true fame and stardom has become seriously eroded over recent years as would-be “celebrities” clamour to appear on our screens (either computer or TV) – but that’s another story…..

It was Andy Wahol who once said that everyone would experience at least 15 minutes of fame at some point during their lifetime. In the age of pop culture, fly-on-the-wall TV and YouTube, my guess is this notion has even more chance of becoming a reality. Indeed the whole concept of true fame and stardom has become seriously eroded over recent years as would-be “celebrities” clamour to appear on our screens (either computer or TV) – but that’s another story…..

Over the years, Angela and I have both been interviewed on TV and radio at least a couple of times, but always in a professional capacity, rather than for some perculiar hidden talent. Our last main encounter with the press was actually in Australia where, by pure chance, we happened to arrive on a visit at the exact moment that the authorities discovered that the ‘Albariño’ grape that they had planted, was not in fact Albariño at all! Of course this was big news in a serious wine producing country, and so when the press heard that we were in town, it was quite natural that they came knocking at our door looking for comment and interviews.

This week it was the turn of our local TV channel here in the Rias Baixas region – simply looking to do a short feature on our bodega. No particular reason other than, they had no doubt heard, that we were fabulous people making fabulous wines – and above all else, modest too!