Epic Alpacas is pleased to announce the addition of Crescent Moon's Wilkinson to our outstanding lineup of herdsires! Wilkinson is a 10-time Champion and more notably, he's the back-to-back National Color Champion, taking the highest grey male honors at AOA in both 2015 and 2016! Most recently, as a 3.5 year old, he took the Color Championship at the 2016 Alpaca Breeders Invitational in a very competitive group of greys, proving that even after having cria on the ground, he's still got it! It's no wonder that Wilkinson is such an impressive male. His sire, Accoyo America Jason, is a legend in his own time, winning AOBA Nationals Color Champion in brown three years running. It is rare to find such exquisite crimp, character and density of fleece as Jason. Even better, Jason has consistently reproduced those characteristics in his crias, at such a high level that even his white offspring are consistently ribboning in the competitive white classes, and many of his progeny are champions! Wilkinson's dam, Crescent Moon's Forget Me Not, is also a Color Champion in her own right, winning 10 blue ribbons and 4 banners, including 2010 Futurity Grey Female Reserve Color Champion and 2014 CABA Classic 1st Place Produce of Dam. Wilkinson's cria have started arriving here at Epic and we are THRILLED! So much density, so much character, so much grey! His eldest male offspring, Crescent Moon's Subasio, has started making his impact on the show circuit in Fall 2017 with a number of blues and a Reserve Championship at an amazingly competitive double show in Oregon. Enormous thanks to Scott and Debbie Miller of Crescent Moon for sharing this incredible male with us - we are honored and delighted to be partners with them! Wilkinson is going to make one heck of an impact here and on the future of grey huacaya breeding!

Joie de Vivre (French for "Joy of Life") is out of the incomparable Hannahruh, one of the best grey dams in the Country, and sired by the equally incomparable Mile High The Reverend Mister Black! Joie de Vivre's fleece is simply exquisite. She has an elite fleece with tight bundling and a high frequency crimp style. She has a very soft handle and good staple length. She has excellent conformation and bite, with the elegant presence of her dam. She is a big girl with great bone. Joie de Vivre is easy to handle and a joy to show. She has placed very well at every show she has been in, with every judge commenting on the nice handle of her fleece. She is a proven dam with lots of milk, and an attentive mom. In October 2017, Joie de Vivre delivered an out-of-this-world grey female cria, sired our 10x Grey Herdsire, Wilkinson! We knew this combination was going to rock, and boy did it ever! Wilkinson is the back-to-back National Color Champion, taking the highest grey male honors at AOA in both 2015 and 2016! Most recently, as a 3.5 year old, he took the Color Championship at the 2016 Alpaca Breeders Invitational in a very competitive group of greys, proving that even after having cria on the ground, he's still got it! in 2019, Joie produced a uniquely colored DF female when bred to 23X Champion/2X Judge's Choice, Ringo Cloud, and we look forward to watching her develop! Such a dense, fine, soft fleece.