Calitzdorp · Western Cape
Houtbosch Wines
Houtbosch Wines is a wine farm in Calitzdorp, Western Cape. About 364 km from Cape Town.
About Houtbosch Wines
Houtbosch Wines sits in Calitzdorp, a Wine of Origin district inside the Klein Karoo of the Western Cape. The cellar is mapped at -33.9269°S, 22.3735°E, about 364 km from central Cape Town as the crow flies. Most visitors reach Calitzdorp from the city in 4–4.5 hours. Open-Meteo elevation for this point is 359 metres above sea level. ISRIC SoilGrids at the farm pin estimates soil pH around 6.4, clay content near 15%, organic carbon about 44.3 g/kg in the topsoil (modelled, not a vineyard pit description). Typical Calitzdorp plantings include Tinta Barocca, Touriga Nacional, Souzão, Muscadel. Confirm the current range with the farm; this atlas records place, not a live wine list. District climate in brief: Hot, arid, irrigation from the Gamka/Olifants catchment. Visitor facilities are not confirmed in the open datasets used here. Treat this pin as a location record and verify hours with the farm. Mapped neighbours include Outeniqua Moon, Herold Wines, Garden Route Wines. WineFarmz is a Western Cape-only atlas. Origin claims follow the SAWIS / WOSA Wine of Origin hierarchy (geographical unit → region → district → ward), assigned from coordinates and open geographic sources.
Questions before you go
Where is Houtbosch Wines?
Houtbosch Wines is in Calitzdorp, Western Cape. Most visitors drive there from Cape Town in 4–4.5 hours.
Wine of Origin
Geographical unit: Western Cape → Klein Karoo → Calitzdorp
Calitzdorp is the Klein Karoo district most associated with Portuguese varieties and Cape port-style wine, strung along Route 62.
Terroir snapshot
Elevation and soil figures are modelled at the pin, not a vineyard block survey. Use them to compare farms, not to quote a technical sheet.
- Latitude
- -33.926904
- Longitude
- 22.373548
- Elevation
- 359 m (Open-Meteo)
- Soil pH
- 6.4 (SoilGrids 0–5 cm)
- Clay
- 15% (SoilGrids)
- Organic C
- 44.3 g/kg (SoilGrids)
Sources
- Elevation: Open-Meteo
- Soil: ISRIC SoilGrids
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