Congratulations to club member Michael Agnew, who became the club's first certified "Cicerone"!  (That's like a wine sommelier, except for beer!)

 

Good job Michael!

 

- Al

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From: Ray Daniels <ray@cicerone.org>
Date: Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 8:52 AM
Subject: 10 New Cicerones; First Woman


Press Release on First Female Cicerone http://www.cicerone.org/images/News_Release/first%
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10 New Certified Cicerones tm

including First Woman 
The final six exams last fall yielded 10 new Certified Cicerones(tm) and one, Annette May from Michigan, becomes the first woman to achieve this title.  The new Certified Cicerones also include the first to achieve this status in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.

Further details below.  We are planning exams for this year, so let me know if you are interested in taking the exam and what cities you would go to.

See the link at the top of this email to access a Word format press release about Annette May.
 

The 10 new Certified Cicerones include the following:

Name

Company

Home

Denver Bon

Lucky Baldwin's Pub

South Pasadena, CA

Justin Evelyn

Holiday Wine Cellar

Long Beach, CA

Rich  Higgins

Gordon Biersch Brewery & Restaurant

San Francisco, CA

Jay  Jankowski

The Map Room

Chicago, IL

Michael Bardallis

Unaffiliated

Allen Park, MI

Annette May

Merchant's Fine Wine

Allen Park, MI

Andrew Van Til

Imperial Beverage and Elite Brands

Grand Rapids, MI

Michael Agnew

The Four Firkins

Minneapolis, MN

Grant McCracken

Boston Beer Company

Cincinnati, OH

Alex Crowe

The Restaurant School, Walnut Hill College

Media, PA


 
Please join me in congratulating all the new Certified Cicerones!

Privacy:
We have a policy of not publishing or otherwise acknowledging the names of those who will take or have taken our exams in order to ensure the privacy of candidates who do not pass.
 
 

Questions? Contact Ray Daniels at ray@cicerone.org or 773-769-1300.

 
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