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Action in the Cellar

The Cellar is Busy This Week with Lots of Tasks

On March 1, 2021   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We have fermentations of Catawba and Concord going now. We’ll be adding the lag nutrients to keep the yeasts happy. We will also be bottling another batch of Red, White, & Blue® and getting yet another batch filtered after cold stabilization and ready for bottling next week.

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We Bottle Iowa Lace this Week 

On February 9, 2021   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

This week, we will bottle Iowa Lace. This is a wine made from La Crescent grapes grown in our vineyards. Before we bottle, we will be doing a dissolved oxygen (DO) test to make sure that the DO level is as low as we want it. If

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Bottling of Wines is our Priority Now

On February 1, 2021   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

This week, we are bottling a second batch of 2019 Iowa Marquette as well as Iowa Candleglow® Red. We will bottle both wines on the same day because the 2019 Iowa Marquette run is only about 50 cases. That will take less than an hour to bottle.

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Video—Bottling Oskyfizzante® Iowa White

On January 26, 2021   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

Adam Nunnikhoven excels at demonstrating how we carbonate Oskyfizzante Iowa White and then put it in the bottle. His description of the carbonation tank as a pop can is striking considering that the tank is made of stainless steel and has a wall thickness of at least

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We Bottle Oskyfizzante® Iowa White on Tuesday and 2020 Iowa Brianna on Friday

On January 19, 2021   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

This is a big week for bottling. We will bottle Oskyfizzante Iowa White on Tuesday and 2020 Iowa Brianna on Friday. When we bottle the Oskyfizzante wines, we have to wait for a day or so to apply the label and capsule. This is because both the

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The Cellar is a Busy Place These Days

On January 11, 2021   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We are working with Edelweiss this week and start by getting Star Spangled White® ready for bottling. We will bottle both Star Spangled White in 750 ml bottles and the Christmas Tree bottles this week. We will get the next batch of Oskyfizzante® White ready for carbonation

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We Bottle Oskyfizzante® Cranberry This Week

On December 15, 2020   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We will bottle Oskyfizzante Cranberry this week. Because it is a fizzy wine, it has to be bottled with our hand-operated counter pressure filler. Our typical fizzy wine bottling run is about 160 twelve-bottle cases or about 400 gallons. As soon as this wine warms up (within

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We have Lots to do in the Cellar This Week

On December 8, 2020   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

After two very short weeks, we’ve got lots to do in the cellar this week. We are getting a new wine ready for bottling. It is a sweet red blend that some people call a picnic wine. That will give you some idea of where you might

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Cranberry Wine Will be Bottled This Week

On November 9, 2020   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We have about 540 cases of Cranberry Wine to bottle this week. In addition, we have lots of cellar operations to perform. We will rack Edelweiss off a fining agent and begin cold stabilization of Edelweiss. We will also rack St. Pepin off a fining agent. We’ve

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We will Bottle American Steuben This Week

On November 2, 2020   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

This week, we will bottle American Steuben and get Cranberry Wine ready for bottling next week. We will also be monitoring some fermentations. We purchased some barrels made from American oak that have high levels of whisky lactones. We will be ageing a special batch of Iowa

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Tassel Ridge Winery

Address:
1681 220th Street
Leighton, IA 50143

Phone:
641.672.WINE (9463)

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