Wine Writers and Educators

Ray Jordan has been a well-respected wine writer for over 30 years. He is a regular contributor for The West Australian, West Australian magazine and Perth VITA magazine and has judged various wine shows.

The guide features 259 WA wine producers.
The introduction to each region is now lifestyle focused, with tourism information for visitors to the region.
The guide features tips on the art of wine tasting.
Regional maps, including winery locations, are located at the back of the guide for easy reference.
The guide also includes a calendar of food, wine and entertainment events for the regions.
Each region is colour-coded, with wineries listed alphabetically for ease of use.
Perfect size to store in your glove box while traveling through the regions.

..wine writer who writes weekly columns for the Sunday Times he also writes for the Bulletin and is author of the annual wine guide - Quaff and its website www.quaff.com.au.
He was founding editor of Australian Gourmet Traveller WINE, and is the author, co-author or editor of 30 books, including the Global Encyclopedia of Wine, Discover Australia: Wineries and Margaret River.

Sarah practised as a solicitor for 12 years, before starting off her wine career with multi-award winning wine merchants Oddbins in 2000. She has since literally steeped herslef in wine knowledge and strucking out on her own in 2005 as The Wine Detective to present tastings and write about wine. Sarah regularly write for specialist wine magazines including The World of Fine Wine, Harpers (the Wine and Spirit Weekly) and Wine & Spirit and have contributed to the wine publications The World Atlas of Wine, Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book and Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Book.

Sarah has worked clsoely with Wine Australia holding WINE AUSTRALIA TUTORED TASTINGS
Wine Australia has been presenting tutored wine tastings to interested consumer groups throughout the UK for over 10 years now, providing information about what is hot and happening down under on the wine scene.

The Wine Detective

Leading wine critic and vigneron James Halliday has a career that spans over 40 years, but he is most widely known for his witty and informative writing about wine. As one of the founders of Brokenwood in the Lower Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia, and thereafter founder of Coldstream Hills in the Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia, James is an unmatched authority on every aspect of the wine industry, from planting and pruning of vines through to the creation and marketing of the finished product. His winemaking has led him to sojourns in Bordeaux and Burgundy, and he is constantly in demand as a wine judge in Australia and overseas.

James Halliday has contributed more than 50 books on wine since he began writing in 1979. His books have been translated into Japanese, French, German, Danish and Icelandic, and have been published in the UK, the US, and Australia.

Jamie Goode is a London-based winewriter who is currently wine columnist with UK national newspaper The Sunday Express. He won the 2007 Glenfiddich Wine Writer of the year award for articles in Harpers and The World of Fine Wine, and contributes regularly to a range of other publications including Wine Business International, Wines and Vines, Hong Kong Tatler and Decanter. His first book, Wine Science, won the Glenfiddich Award for Drinks Book in 2006, and has met with critical acclaim.

Jamie's website The Wine Anokrak is well worth avisit; a comprehensive and intelligent site that is not afraid to discuss some controversial issues.