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Had a Glass 2010 has officially hit the top-spot on the BC Bestsellers list!
Thanks to all who have gone out to purchase a copy for themselves or a friend. The support is lovely, not to mention much appreciated. We’ll be raising a glass your way over the Holidays!

OK, time to come clean. This site is lame. Sure, HALFAGLASS is not itself square, but the lack of active posting is nothing but pathetic. It’s not for lack of care, I mean we’re still in the thick of thinking and drinking wine. And it’s not for lack of effort, our column still appears weekly […]

Wine guy goes beer covert in Belgium. Behind every good wine there’s a (lot of) beer, just ask a winemaker. At the end of the day most vintners, with grapes weighing heavily on the mind, opt for a cleansing ale.
It’s the end of my day in Brussels and I find myself savouring a Waterloo Dubbel […]

The 2008 edition est arrivé! (Maybe now they’ll start updating the blog more often, they say…) Expect to hear details about the new book in the coming weeks, including tasting gigs and the like. My xmas shopping just got a little easier.

Playhouse Wine Fest this week, so please excuse us if we’re off sipping… Australia’s the theme region for 2007, and Riesling is the focus grape. Seriously, this is THE wine event of the year in Vancouver. It’s amazing to see how it’s grown even in the six years that we’ve been taking part. Sorry, tickets […]

Please distribute widely.
Cheers!
colin@justhereforthebeer.com

Sorry. Winemaking and travels have kept us off the blog. Been trying many interesting wines as of late, however, will try to get some updates in the near future. In the meantime, here is our column from last Thursday’s Province: Retro wines.
And here is a shot from the personal album…

This wine joke was, ahem, leaked into our inbox:
>>California vintners, in the Napa Valley area, which primarily produces
>>Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir and Pinot Grigio wines, have developed a new
>>hybridgrape that acts as an anti-diuretic.
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>>It is expected to reduce the number of trips older people have to make to
>>the bathroom during the night.
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>>The new wine […]

A quick note to welcome in the new year and pass on wishes for good sipping in 2007. Drink well.
Our publisher has informed us that the 2nd printing of Had a Glass 2007 should be hitting shelves shortly (any day now!), apologies to anyone that had trouble finding a copy over the Holiday season […]

Had a Glass 2007 made it to #1 on the BC Adult Bestseller List.
This week’s Province column: The new crop of wine books