A CERTIFICATION AND CLUB FOR THE WINE CONNOISSEUR - ORIGIN CIRCA 1980 Phi Beta Napaä Certified Registered Grande Sommelier (CRGSä) Receive your exclusive silver "Phi Beta Napa Club Pinä" Join Phi Beta Napa for $39.95 monthly for silver color Phi Beta Napa Club Pinä and exclusive Phi Beta Napa E'Newsletter Gold Distinquished lapel pin signifies - Phi Beta Napaä Certified Registered Grande Sommelier (CRGSä) - currently only 513 CRGSä  in Registry -   CRGSä  Registry "It is the Pin that Chateau Petrus, Pomerol, 1970 drinkers wear" -  Alex Boddington of Paris Club Grande Sommelier Grande Sommelier Grande Sommelier Grande Sommelier Grande Sommelier  Important Tasting Events for Phi Beta Napa Club Membersä 'Cork Excitementä ' in Las Vegas at Phi Beta Napa Premier Events May 6 - 9 2012at Hard Rock in Las Vegas                                    & Many more in 2012 TBD Dec. 2-9, 2012 at Weston Key West FL  'Cork Excitementä '    contact PhiBetasNapa.com Feb.7-10, 2013 at ARIA in Las Vegas - stay tuned for details   For Tasting Events Registration       Champagne - Always time for Krug, Clos De Mesnil 1979!                Our staff is currently in Valle de Guadalupe "Napa Valley South" reviewing the fine wines  i.e.  Monte Xanic Vina Kristel and "Adobe Gab" - full review here soon Certified Registered Grande Sommelier (CRGSä) Gustaf Kota from Keys Bar/Key West will be offering wine selections for the tropics cuisine in the next edition of the Phi Beta Napa Monthly Newsletter... News Note: Havana, Cuba: El Floridita (at 557 Avenida de Belgica) celebrates the Floridita Sommlier who took 'First Place' in the 10th Annual Habano Festival... Senora Zudlay Napoles selected the proper 'Habanos' (a new Cuban Cohiba Maduro 5) with a delicate bodied 'Santiago 25 Year Old Rum'... The Annual Habano Festival is an event of review and introduction of Cuba's finest cigars highlighted by the 'Annual Dinner & Cigar Auction'!        'Cork Excitementä '  Wine Brief Review* Look at the wine: Is it clear? Brilliant? Transparent? Hazy? Smell the wine:  Put nose in glass - to capture volatile elements Taste the wine:  Swish - don't swallow - flavor - after taste? "finish?" Stop, Think: Overall critique of wine - compare with other tastings - identify plesing elements French believe in "Terroir" the art of the location, soil, and climate that creates distinct characteristics of the vineyards wines. Our grande Sommeliers from our classes can smell the "Good Earth" and find excellence!                                                                                           'Cork Excitementä ' Grande SommelierCheese Guide here soon* Phi Beta Napa "The Premier Source for the Wine Aficionado"   There are many organizations offering Sommelier training, courses and Certifications. The Premier Certification: Phi Beta Napaä Certified Registered Grande Sommelier (CRGSä)  - an extensive discipline and review that is available in Miami - Aspen - Las Vegas - Napa Valley at a tariff of $895.usd for the six month certified experience.    contact Phi Beta Napa for reservations for CRGSä                                                                                                   'Cork Excitementä '       others are:                                                                                                                                   KWI Wine Review... KeyWestRegister.com Wine Institute Internationalä (WIIä)       The Court of Master Sommeliers/American Chapter The Premier Designation for the select few / CRGSä -  PhiBetaNapa.com  email:  wine@PhiBetaNapa.com Phi Beta Napaä Certified Registered Grande Sommelier (CRGSä)