The Crabtree Animals

We have a family of very inquisitive alpacas, which apart from being Robert’s pets, also keep the grass at bay around the winery. José, our older male Alpaca, has the handy habit of being very protective of his family of females (and Francisco, a male who was born in 2004), and keeps our sheep safe, whom he considers to be part of his family also. The alpacas and sheep love nothing more than eating freshly crushed grape skins and stems during vintage, and will crowd around the winery when they see us bringing in the grapes with the tractor hoping to get a feed, which they usually do.

We also have two free willed and free roaming geese, an increasing number of ducks, chickens, cats, and some Lorikeets, all of which can be seen wandering around the house (except for the Lorikeets of course), and some of which occasionally join us in the cellar door when we have visitors wine tasting. We sell our lovely, soft alpaca wool in the cellar door when available, and also sometimes have eggs from our chickens. Sales of wool or eggs through our cellar door go directly to improving education at a school in Africa that the winery sponsors.