Lorn Razzano

An American in France

There I was, standing in the ballroom of a great manor about 15 kilometers west of the City of Light. I had been brought to a very exclusive trade-tasting of red and white Bordeaux wines by complete strangers I had met at the...

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Wine chat in the chateaux

I felt like a complete idiot.
Fresh off the plane in 1968 France: An offer not to be refused

It was in 1968 that I set off on an adventure to learn the wine business firsthand in Europe.
Two paths of wine study

In the 1960s, while working for my family's liquor-wine shop, I made a decision that changed my life: to seriously study the world of wine and make...
Industry smaller in early days

The world was different in 1968. The Vietnam War was raging, civil unrest at home was escalating and inflation was rising.
Looking back on local wine

After 32 years as owners of the Ashland Wine Cellar, my wife, Tess, and I have sold it to Brian and Lisa Dunagan, Ashland residents and owners of...
Appreciating a well-aged wine

I had a rare and wonderful wine experience the other evening.
A fine wine demands the right stemware

Proper stemware is one of the most important tools used in evaluating wine.
Understanding Italian wines

It's not uncommon for someone to come into my shop holding an empty bottle of Italian wine and saying, "I don't know how to pronounce this or even...
Deciphering the Italian wine world

Italy's wine regions and subregions, inconsistent labeling and hard-to-pronounce names can be confusing to the average wine drinker.
Standouts from the Newport wine festival

I wanted to comment a bit about some of the gold medal-winning wines from the Newport Seafood and Wine festival held a couple of weeks ago in Newport.