Meet the Garvins
Cabernet Creek Farms is owned by Rich & Debi Garvin, both have backgrounds in genetics - her in Animal Science - his in plants and viticulture. When moving to this pristine location a compromise was reached - in lieu of a vineyard, a llama farm was started satisfying Debi's breeding and animal obsession and some pacifying (by naming the llamas after vine) Rich's viticulture background. Once comment Rich made after acquiring our first llamas (which escaped the fence) was that at least vines did not move.
That was many years ago and now we are on our third and fourth generation of llamas. Like many llama breeders, we started on a very limited budget (never paying more than $1,500.00 for a llama) and have vastly improved our herd. For a small farm (30-35 llamas) our show record rivals that of many big ranches. We hand selected the parents of Cabernet's Pinot Blanc the 1999 National Grand Champion and are just now starting to show his offspring.
Cabernet Creek Boer Goats focuses on raising the supreme market wether for 4H and FFA shows, by utilizing the Top Boer Goat show lines in the United States as Herdsires and putting these on outstanding producion does. All Herdsires have Enobled ancestory in their backgrounds and were specifically selected to produce the ideal meat goat. The Garvins son, Garrett shows goats through the Hood River High School.