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Cliff Creek Wines
Winery
Cliff Creek winery is located in the Sams Valley of Southern Oregon. The winery is owned and
operated by the Garvin family.
Vern and Dorothy have been
married for nearly 50 years and in that time have started from scratch three business and been involved in numerous business ventures. They have raised three
children and been actively involved in there three grandkids lives.
Vern comes from a farming
background, being raised on a dairy farm. After serving in the Army during the Korean War he returned to the Brookings-Harbor area of the Southern Oregon Coast
and worked in the logging industry. There he met Dorothy, they were married and attend OIT, together. Vern got his associates in electronic engineering and
Dorothy achieved her associates in bookkeeping. This was a winning combination.
The wine business may be new
to them, but with each new adventure they have managed to learn and grow and create a successful business.
Winemaker
Passionate. Creative. Driven to
excellence in his art. Joe Dobbes is the consummate
winemaker. Raised in a small town in the north
Willamette Valley and educated in Ashland; Joe is an
Oregonian. Yet, his true calling began outside Oregon,
in Germany and France, where Joe spent 2 /2 years
learning the art and science of winemaking.
He apprenticed at Wiengut Erbhof Tesch,
in the German Nahe region and at Domaine G. Roumier
and Domaine Comtes Lafon in the Burgundy region,
Stateside, Joe rooted his career as cellarmaster at
Elk Cove Vineyards (1987 - 1988) and as winemaker at
Eola Hills Cellars (1989 - 1991). Joe's
entrepreneurial spirit blossomed when he revamped
select Hinman Vineyard's wines into the new Silvan
Ridge Reserve label (1991 - 1995). Joe then became
Willamette Valley Vineyard's winemaker and vice
president of production, and simultaneously, winemaker
for the Griffin Creek and Tualatin Estate labels (1996
- 2002).
In 2003, Joe's passion drove him to
create his own consulting and custom crushing company.
He created Wine By Joe, LLC. Todya Cliff
Creek, Torii Mor and Paschal Wineries are his clients.
Vineyards
Cliff Creek owns Sam's Valley Vineyard, which
has 70 acres under vine. Sam’s Valley Vineyard is located just northeast of Gold Hill, Oregon. This is a family owned farm that has been farmed for
many years by the Garvin Family. It was used to graze cattle and grow a variety of grasses, part of the 300 plus acres is still used for grass hay and alfalfa.
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