Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 30 years.

His first articles were published in the early issues of the national wine magazine Winestate in the late 70s when he worked in Sydney as a correspondent for The West Australian newspaper.

Ray currently writes two regular weekly columns in The West Australian and The West Australian Saturday Magazine, while also contributing to other publications.

In 2003 Ray released the first of his annual guides to West Australian wines and has also co-authored a book on Margaret River.

He hosted his own radio show on wine for three years on 6PR.

Ray has judged at the Swan Valley Wine Show, the Barossa Wine Show, the Perth Hills Wines Show, the Geographe Wine Show and the Sheraton Wine Awards.

He is a winner of the WA Wine Press Club wine writing award and in 2006 was awarded the George Mulgrue Award for contribution to the WA wine industry.

In 2009 Ray will release the eighth edition of his guide to West Australian wine.

Whew.

And apparently he's a bloody good bloke, according to him!