A retrospective of past Wine magazine covers
Published: 01 Sep 11
Taking a trip down memory lane with a selection of Wine magazine’s previous covers.
October 1993: the very first issue with Pieter ‘Bubbles’ Ferreira.
February 1999: Jeff Grier, Chenin Blanc Challenge champion, honours his snail-eating feathered friend.
January 2000: one of the first women
winemakers to become the cover girl!
October 2000: Grass in a glass, a concept to capture ‘terroir’.
2006: One of the most ‘attractive’ themes featured aromatics in wine in the background.
2006: One of the most ‘attractive’ themes featured aromatics in wine in the background.
January 2005: Seafood restaurants were investigated in-depth... bottoms up!
September 2007: World Cup fever
with Jan Boland Coetzee, ‘Groot’
Schalk Burger and Hempies du Toit.
October 2007: One of the more
‘colourful’ issues. Always a favourite,
Best Value Wine shopping!
November 2007: The Great
White Wines issue, this one
highly contentious, for obvious
reasons, with the play
on words. No harm was intended,
but it was removed
from certain retail outlets!
March 2008: One of the best-selling issues, celebrating Churchill, a British hero partial to a drink.


