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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.