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.

Our son Garrett shows performance with us (when not playing baseball, basketball or soccer) and has done very well - qualifying for Nationals three years in a row and winning both the showmanship and performance competitions in 4H. We are not into fluff or fancy, just down to earth beautiful llamas that are easy to deal with and multifunctional. We have also been raising Pembroke Welsh Corgis for over 10 years and Boer Goats for the past 4 years. Visit our crew either by online or in person if you are ever in the area.