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Feel like summer yet?

JAMES — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:25:03 +0000

In case you missed the last two Province columns, it was a two-part primer on summer wines. Here they are to get you in the seasonal spirit:

Part One - BBQ Whites

Part Two - Patio Reds

Wine Fest is on!

JAMES — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:39:01 +0000

The biggest wine show of the year has arrived again…

See you in the tasting room?

HAD2010 hits #1

JAMES — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:42:56 +0000

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!

Had a Glass 2010

JAMES — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:45:20 +0000

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 some promotion and media interviews over the next few weeks, so keep your eyes open for Had a Glass 2010 and do let us know what you think.

Happy wining!

Wine Glut

JAMES — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:37:09 +0000

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.”

Get fortified

JAMES — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:31:53 +0000

Ooh, feel that chill in the air. Autumn has arrived. Time to break out the sticky ickies, the ports, the fortifieds! Which is just what was discussed in this week’s Province column, in case you missed it.

Oh, and what has Kenji been up to? Click here.

A trio of new reds…

JAMES — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:51:50 +0000

…was featured in this week’s Province column.

SuperBowl Sunday is here! Wine recommendation: Cava.

If you were a wine…

JAMES — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:31:25 +0000

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, Saturday, Nov 29

Had a Glass 2009

JAMES — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:01:49 +0000

Hot off the presses. The latest edition has hit shelves. Kenji is quite fond of the back cover photo. Me, I’m not so certain.

Thanks to all the continued support with the Had a Glass series, events and such forthcoming…

Nostalgia, and a leg of lamb

JAMES — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:37:22 +0000

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 in The Province and Had a Glass 2009 has gone off to the printers to (hopefully) hit shelves late October.

We just weren’t cut out for this Web 2.0 thing (OK, we do have Facebook accounts). Yes, everyone has to have a blog, but maintaining a good blog takes a “blogger” like personality. It’s true, (for those that logged on early enough to remember) the HALFAGLASS site comprised a “blog” before there was such a word, thanks really to a compatriot who always seems to be ahead of the curve.

We posted then and loved it, for the novelty — and the place it represented in our lives. Textism (though you have to get screenshots from 2001 to really appreciate) was a serious influence, blogging was so real and now that we poured hours into the hobby. It was fun.

But then. But then, we entered new eras of our lives and, well and we realized that we’re best living in the now. Not that cyberspace doesn’t represent an interesting, relevant dimension. It’s just that we can’t smell wine in cyberspace. And there’s never enough hours in a day… and well, I prefer talking to a real teller at the bank rather than the ATM.

Anyways, tonight as I marinated a leg of lamb for some festivities (and serious ping-pong) tomorrow, I was swept away in a bout of nostalgia*. HALAFGLASS remains very much about promoting the Good Life, but the Good Life is hard to appreciate in binary.

Live it.

Grab a bottle. Grab some friends. Embark on fun. In the real world (then report on it on your blogs, and link back to HALFAGLASS).

*And if we’re truly treading down the nostalgia path, it should be noted that the marinade for the lamb (a deadly simple, fool-proof procedure of rosemary, lemon juice, studded garlic, dijon, and S+P) was first introduced to me by my dear friend Rhys, proprietor and wine-maestro extraordinaire of Wine Plus.