Karusa
Events Organisers in Oudtshoorn

Karusa is a family operated and managed wine and fruit farm. Karusa is the first and only Premium Private winery in Oudtshoorn. The farm is en-route to the world-famous Cango Caves. Karusa is situated at the foothills of the majestic Swartberg in the tranquil and scenic Cango Valley in Schoemanshoek, close to Oudtshoorn. Open daily for wine tasting and tapas lunches.

Karusa is a family operated and managed wine and fruit farm. Karusa is situated at the foothills of the majestic Swartberg in the tranquil and scenic Cango Valley in Schoemanshoek, close to Oudtshoorn. The farm is en-route to the world-famous Cango Caves. A total soil and climate research project was undertaken to give a better understanding of the terroir of the farm. We used this information to make decisions on the planting of cultivars and clonal selections best suited to the area as well as streamlining existing orchard management. Karusa is the first and only Premium Private winery in Oudtshoorn. Vineyard row orientation is north east/south west for minimal sun damage and fruit zone protection. The vineyards were planted with a 1.5m x 2.4m spacing and with a double 3 wire perold trellising system to ensure good light penetration and a healthy balance between vegetative and fruit growth. Our vineyards are manicured strictly via precise viticultural practices including strict pruning and canopy management, irrigation scheduling and the minimal use of pesticides fungicides and herbicides. We have a fully integrated sustainable organic approach by way of cover crop management, crop rotation and compost tea production. By way of continuous soil moisture measurement we restrict over irrigation. This helps to curb over vegetation, large berry size and high production. Theo Landman Estate Manager Our Estate Manager, Theo Landman, oversees the daily farming activities and ensures that precise viticultural and horticultural principles are followed in order to produce fruit of exquisite quality. Theo graduated at Oakdale Agricultural School and studied at Saasveld Agricultural College where he obtained a degree in Agricultural Management. He gained experience in the most important stone fruit regions in South Africa; namely Prince Albert and Ceres. Theo manages the intensive way of farming at Karusa with a meticulous eye for perfection, and nothing less. This can easily be seen in the neat, structured and highly effective way he approaches different projects and manages his workforce. His motto of 'no shortcuts' and 'quality first' can be seen in the quality of fruit delivered to the export market and the quality of grapes delivered to the winery.