As in years past, the Open House is free to attend, and Maragas Winery will be providing each patron with a cup of mulled wine, spiced popcorn, and live holiday music. 

In return, we will be collecting funds for the Central Oregon Food Bank - operated through Neighbor Impact.  A cause that all of us can get behind and Maragas Winery will match your donation here on Christmas Eve. 

As with every Christmas Eve Open house, along with the old fashioned welcome with your warm drink and spiced popcorn, there will be holiday entertainment.   This year, from noon to 2:30, Samantha Maragas will serenade you with holiday classics.  Some of you may have already heard her voice, and can attest to her beautiful singing.  Although she's still only 17, she has already performed on famed stages here and in Europe.  

Winery open 11:30am to 5:00pm
(Live music begins at 1pm)

R&B /Gospel style Holiday classic

A  Central Oregon bonus, to have live R&B / Gospel style music set to Holiday classics.   Eric has performed these tunes over the years at the Tower Theater, and this year, this Sunday, he brings his amazing talent to Maragas Winery.  

Here is what to expect for our events:

• The music and our classic winery ambiance are complimentary
• Seating inside our winery is first come first serve and do not require a reservation unless your group includes more than 6 people.
• You can can also mingle outside our patio or winery lawn
• We'll have wine, beer, soft-drinks, water, cheese and charcuterie available, so please, no food or drinks may be brought into the winery or onto the winery grounds.
• Although we also love our pets, no pets are permitted.

For over a decade, Maragas Winery has been raising food and money for NeighborImpact during their holiday season events. This year, Doug Maragas, winemaker, has expressed increased concern over the lack of food for many people in Central Oregon. He stated “just after Thanksgiving, I spoke with Scott Cooper, director at Neighbor Impact. He gave startling numbers – this November, NeighborImpact provided 62,000 meals to those in need. That’s over a four-fold increase from last year.”

To help raise food and money for the NeighborImpact food bank, Maragas, this Christmas Eve from 11:30am to 3pm, will be having an Open House where donations will be accepted for the program. Maragas also disclosed that “it’s been a trend that over the year’s we’ve had less patron participation in the fund raiser and except for Scott at Neighbor Impact, we’ve not disclosed we’ve been supplementing with winery funds the amounts coming in from patrons.”

This year, Maragas stated that he felt it was a good idea to let people know about this trend and that their “winery will match the donations from patrons to encourage people to give.” Maragas also stated that this year will be the first year they will not be collecting food, explaining “we will only be collecting money for the program because often people will bring things that will lack sustenance or not be useful to the homeless and working poor. This way, our efforts will have more of an impact and there are parts of the program that require funding to get the food to the people.”