What happens when you’re smart phone becomes too smart…. or at least when it thinks it is? The other day Angela went to an official tasting at the Rias Baixas denomination office in Pontevedra. Whilst she was there she had to collect a box of ‘tirillas’ (in case you don’t remember these are the small stickers that we attach to every bottle to prove that our wine has passed the official tasting and is an authentic Rias Baixas wine). It is the proof of origin if you like.

On my new, all-singing, all-dancing HTC smart phone I wanted to send Angela a simple message to remind her to collect these special labels. What I typed into my phone was “Don’t forget to collect the tirillas”, but what my smartphone thought I wanted to type was “Don’t forget to collect the gorillas”! Suffice to say that Angela was just a little confused!

This morning when we actually came to bottle the wine in question, we started with a problem that we sometimes have at this time of year – sweating bottles. When the cold wine hits the slightly warmer empty glass bottle, a very fine film of condensation forms which can prevent the labels from sticking properly. On this occasion it was the tirilla that refused to stick properly, which made me laugh….. I couldn’t resist telling Angela that the ‘gorillas’ wouldn’t stick to the bottle! I apologise yet again for my infantile sense of humour, but I’m told that it’s only healthy to laugh now and again (even if it is at your own jokes!)

What happens when you’re smart phone becomes too smart…. or at least when it thinks it is? The other day Angela went to an official tasting at the Rias Baixas denomination office in Pontevedra. Whilst she was there she had to collect a box of ‘tirillas’ (in case you don’t remember these are the small stickers that we attach to every bottle to prove that our wine has passed the official tasting and is an authentic Rias Baixas wine). It is the proof of origin if you like.

On my new, all-singing, all-dancing HTC smart phone I wanted to send Angela a simple message to remind her to collect these special labels. What I typed into my phone was “Don’t forget to collect the tirillas”, but what my smartphone thought I wanted to type was “Don’t forget to collect the gorillas”! Suffice to say that Angela was just a little confused!

This morning when we actually came to bottle the wine in question, we started with a problem that we sometimes have at this time of year – sweating bottles. When the cold wine hits the slightly warmer empty glass bottle, a very fine film of condensation forms which can prevent the labels from sticking properly. On this occasion it was the tirilla that refused to stick properly, which made me laugh….. I couldn’t resist telling Angela that the ‘gorillas’ wouldn’t stick to the bottle! I apologise yet again for my infantile sense of humour, but I’m told that it’s only healthy to laugh now and again (even if it is at your own jokes!)