The wine history and the growing methods of Maragas Winery and the wine regions of Central Oregon
© All content by Doug Maragas, Maragas Winery 2018
Anna Maragas, 3rd from left at our family vineyard (behind) in Crete
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The starting point of Maragas Winery and
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Why Central Oregon
After looking for an optimum place to begin growing grapes and making wine, through a friend, Doug found Central Oregon. It was appealing to Doug because it was a beautiful area, remarkably similar to the family vineyard in Crete, Greece. Both areas have volcanic sandy loam soil, an abundance of sunshine and a dry Mediterranean like (rain in the winter) climate. Finally, the beauty of Central Oregon, and for Doug and his family, the stunning views from Maragas Winery, were, and still are, enchanting.
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The Journey
Along with our old world techniques, we're very conscience of preserving the new world. We focus on farming organically and being as environmentally friendly as possible. You may notice that we don't use capsules over the necks of our bottles. We do this because capsules have no preservation uses for wine and are not recyclable. Next, what you may not know is that the "corks" we use are the first zero carbon footprint "cork" and are actually made out of sugar cane. Finally, we have a solar array that powers a substantial part of our operation here at Maragas Winery. In all, we strive to play our part in keeping our winemaking environment sustainable for generations to come.
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O U R M I S S I O N
Our mission is to make old world hand crafted barrel aged wine that is unique to our style and exemplifying complex flavor. Much of our wine making techniques were handed down generation to generation in the Maragas family. Anna Maragas, the mentor of Doug Maragas - founder of this winery - coached Doug on old world winemaking techinques starting when Doug was a child. Anna founded the first Maragas wine and grape brokering business in 1941. And, Anna learned her techniques and understanding of the wine and viticultural industry via her parents and so on, in Crete, Greece, where the family vineyard still exists.
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