Exploring the diversity of the Klein Karoo Wine Route

The Klein Karoo is famous all over the world for many reasons, including its wines. This region, where the skyline extends as far as the eye can see, forms part of the Succulent Karoo Biome and is internationally recognised as one of the top 26 areas in the world for its biological diversity.

The Klein Karoo is known for its rich, fertile soils and unique microclimates, which offer supreme conditions for producing wine grapes with great complexity and deep flavour. Although long famous for its fortified wines, in the last couple of years the region has come into its own as a producer of world-class dry table wines. Terroir driven wines unfold in this unique wine appellation with the latest development being the Calitzdorp blend, a wine produced from grapes only from Wine of Origin Calitzdorp, of which 70% of the blend must comprise of Portuguese varietals.

There are currently 11 wine growers in the region ranging from historical estates to boutique wineries. Discover the wineries in the gallery below.

In addition to its multitude of wine estates dotting the stepped hillsides, the Klein Karoo is endowed with some of South Africa’s most spectacular scenery and exhilarating, hairpin drives, making it a worldclass wine tourism destination.

A wine producing region with a long tradition, the Klein Karoo boasts wines that will surprise you for their excellence, aromas and colours as unique as the landscape and the cuisine.

Visit kleinkaroowines.co.za for more information about the region, the wines and the friendly people.