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Had a Glass 2010

The 5th anniversary of our annual wine buying guide is now widely available! (See here and here.) Along with the usual 100 top wines, a guide to wine enjoyment, and wine-tested delectable recipes, Had a Glass 2010 offers a few twists from previous years… yes, there are charts and graphs!
We hope you enjoy.

We’ll be doing […]

Wine Glut

This week’s Province column discussed the global wine glut, and offered a few bottles to sip up in order to do our part in draining the “wine lakes.”

A trio of new reds…

…was featured in this week’s Province column.
SuperBowl Sunday is here! Wine recommendation: Cava.

If you were a wine…

Funny piece in the Vancouver Sun over the weekend where Kenji and I were forced to consider what type of wine each other would be.
Had a Glass 2009 has cracked the Top 10!
Upcoming events:
-Undercover Fundraiser - 7:30PM, Thursday, Nov 27
-Barbara Jo’s Books to Cooks - 6PM, Friday, Nov 28
-Everything Wine (North Van location) - 2PM, […]

Nostalgia, and a leg of lamb

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 […]

Birthday wine

Another year older, not feeling much wiser, but more wines to taste. This week’s column.

Beyond Burgundy and Bordeaux

In this week’s column, we took a look at some interesting French wines from beyond the BIG three AOCs (Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne). Definitely think we’ll be seeing more (and varied) bottles from the heart of the Old World.

The Story Behind A Label

Or at least three bottles with interesting labels, in last week’s Province’s column…
“Like a well-written cereal box, wine labels can provide some good mealtime reading.” Read more.

Comfort wine

It’s true, sometimes you just want to uncork something reliable. The good ‘ol comfort wine. Like tonight, sipping on a dandy Saumur Champigny, almost afraid to talk about it lest it disappear off the shelves…

Wine resolutions ‘08

Spend more time shopping and find more interesting sips.
More wine resolutions in last week’s column.
And, drum roll please… Had a Glass has reached #1 on the BC “Adult” Bestseller list! Thanks to all that bought a copy, gave a copy, are reading a copy, etc.