Information on Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa

Tulbagh is a town in the Tulbagh valley and is situated in the Witzenberg Local Municipality Nearby towns are Ceres, Wolseley, Prince Alfred's Hamlet and Gouda in the Boland district of the Western Cape Province.

Tulbagh is situated in a bowl surrounded by imposing mountain ranges, with the Winterhoek Mountains in the north, the Witzenberg Mountains to the east and the Obiqua Mountains to the west. The valley experiences a mediterranean climate. The southern side of the valley is open to cooling southeast winds during the hot summer months. Tulbagh enjoys some of the most diverse and fair conditions for viticulture in the Cape, and the differences in terroir available to wine makers allow for a wide assortment of distinctive wines of excellence, attributes which have attracted many new producers to the valley.

Wine has been produced for many years in the valley on a commercial scale but only recently has this industry developed so rapidly. There are now numerous, and some world famous wine estates producing award winning wines in the valley.

The importance of this industry for the valley is unquestionably substantial, so much so that many of the producers are now part of the Tulbagh Wine Route, and this is attracting more and more tourists to Tulbagh who are eager to sample the superb wines produced by the members