The season has begun. 

This year we'll be highlighting our new Grape Arbor area.  Planted with Sangiovese vines that will climb all over the arbor and produce an estimated 1,000 pounds of wine destined grapes.  You'll be able to watch them mature in our new grape arbor seating area, recently pavered by Arellano Pavers LLC.

We'll have wine flights, a great selection of ambient music, and beautiful weather for big red wines.  We'll also be serving our chilled spiced white wine - a kegged wine concoction our winemaker put together on the fly while bottling this seasons vintages earlier this month (our virgin run with our new state of the art bottling line).

So come out for a beautiful holiday weekend at Maragas Winery and enjoy our amazing views,  and award winning organically grown - naturally made wines!

A few details when you're visiting:
*  We have an expansive lawn, a perfect place for parents and their family. Safety first, so please keep a supervising eye on your children, and they must stay inside the rock-walled lawn and patio areas.
*   Please do not venture into the vineyard or any other farm areas. 
*   Although we love our pets as well, we do not allow pets on our farm or at our winery.
*   Please do not bring in outside food or drink.  
*   That being said, we welcome you to visit us and enjoy our wines and beautiful ambiance.

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.”

Purchase online, by phone, or at our Winery.  And, if you’re a Club member, you get an extra perk!
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On our Website and Facebook page, each wine will be announced early morning on the day each selected wine is on sale. Fun and Great Savings on Award Winning Wine, including Double Gold San Francisco Chronicle Library Wines. ​

We'll have 3 flights available:  

• Mixed Flight
• Upper Tier Red flight, and
• Barrel Tasting
  • Legal Zin - a blend with Zinfandel sourced from our Warm Springs vineyard, and
  • Single Barrel Select - This is a single barrel  specially aged - in this case Chardonnay 7 years

Flights range from $10 to $25 and are discounted upon a two bottle purchase

Winery will be open from 11:30am to 5:00 pm.
The Ghost of Briann Craig will be performing from 1pm to 4pm. 

​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.

 

7 year barrel aged Cabernet Sauvignon
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In a side by side tasting, last week, with Napa Cab costing twice our regular price, our medal winning Cab stood up to the challenge. Big, bold, complex, and smooth!

No code is required.  For the day, Wednesday Nov. 22, the price will be adjusted, so all you have to do is load it into your cart.

• Thanksgiving day - closed to eat turkey and drink our wine!
• Black Friday - Crazy sales - soon to be announced  11:30am to 5:00pm
• Saturday - Barrel Tasting 11:30am to 5pm  - Legal Zin & Single Barrel Select
• Sunday - Live Holiday Blues with Brian Craig 1:00pm to 4:00pm

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Come out to our wine country for the Holiday season, enjoy our spectacular ambiance and seasonal festivities:

• This Sunday for Live Jazz
• Next Friday, Nov. 24 - Black Friday Wine Sale
• Next Saturday, Nov. 25 - Barrel Tasting
• Next Sunday, Nov. 26 - Live Music - Holiday Blues

Sun Nov 19 - 1pm to 4pm - Lino  - Jazz Guitar

Beautiful original jazz guitar that has been a mainstay here for many years.  Along with his amazing skill, his music studio has fostered launching pads for many talented musicians in the Central Oregon area.  

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Here is what to expect for our events:
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• 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.