Cic·e·rone
ˈsi-sə-ˌrōn 
—used for someone who is a certified expert in the production, evaluation, and service of craft beer
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Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 6 Sep. 2024
Founder and brew master David Reese is the only advanced cicerone in the state and one of only 139 in the world, earning this certification for his advanced knowledge of beer and flavors.
—Kelsey Ogletree, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2024
Dealing with the passion of the artist through the complexity of the man, Cooper inhabits Bernstein and Maestro’s compositions with Nézet-Séguin as his cicerone.
Like Maestro Cooper, Nézet-Séguin lost himself within the music of the film and the power of the art form while channeling Bernstein.
—A.d. Amorosi, SPIN, 20 Dec. 2023
Monosoff is also a certified cicerone — which means she’s trained to taste, evaluate and serve beer — and a master sommelier, the highest distinction for a wine expert.
—Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2020
Michael Agnew is a certified cicerone (beer-world version of sommelier) and owner of A Perfect Pint.
—Michael Agnew, Star Tribune, 2 June 2021
The award provides support up to $2,500 for educational pursuits such as cicerone certifications, beer-science programs, training and other hospitality certifications.
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 1 Jan. 2022
Mikey Riojas, who has sommelier and cicerone certifications, is the store’s beverage department director and manager of the wine and coffee bar.
—Cristin Espinosa, Dallas News, 15 June 2021
The scholarship will help pay for beer-science programs as well as cicerone and other certifications.
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2020
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In both her garden and her paintings, color is the cicerone that guides Lauter’s audience through emotional journeys fraught with personal iconography and symbolic meditations on life and mortality.
—Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 6 Sep. 2024
Founder and brew master David Reese is the only advanced cicerone in the state and one of only 139 in the world, earning this certification for his advanced knowledge of beer and flavors.
—Kelsey Ogletree, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2024
Dealing with the passion of the artist through the complexity of the man, Cooper inhabits Bernstein and Maestro’s compositions with Nézet-Séguin as his cicerone.
Like Maestro Cooper, Nézet-Séguin lost himself within the music of the film and the power of the art form while channeling Bernstein.
—A.d. Amorosi, SPIN, 20 Dec. 2023
Monosoff is also a certified cicerone — which means she’s trained to taste, evaluate and serve beer — and a master sommelier, the highest distinction for a wine expert.
—Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2020
Michael Agnew is a certified cicerone (beer-world version of sommelier) and owner of A Perfect Pint.
—Michael Agnew, Star Tribune, 2 June 2021
The award provides support up to $2,500 for educational pursuits such as cicerone certifications, beer-science programs, training and other hospitality certifications.
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 1 Jan. 2022
Mikey Riojas, who has sommelier and cicerone certifications, is the store’s beverage department director and manager of the wine and coffee bar.
—Cristin Espinosa, Dallas News, 15 June 2021
The scholarship will help pay for beer-science programs as well as cicerone and other certifications.
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2020
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“Cicerone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cicerone. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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