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Cellar Updates

The Last Grape to be Crushed Was Steuben

On September 21, 2023   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

Last Friday, we crushed Steuben, the last grape variety for this season. We measured the sugar, total acidity, and pH on the Steuben juice after crushing the grapes and pressing the juice off the skins and seeds. We added Sulfur dioxide and two hours later added enzymes

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We Are Real Busy in the Cellar Right Now

On September 12, 2023   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We started the fermentation on the second tank of Edelweiss last Friday and added the lag nutrients on Sunday. We have totes each containing small batches of red wine (about 175 gallons in each tote) and we are punching the cap down in them twice per day.

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As the Grapes are Harvested, The Cellar Team Processes the Fruit

On September 7, 2023   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

Processing the grapes includes weighing them in, lifting the macrobins filled with fruit and dumping the grapes into the hopper-elevator. The fruit is metered into the destemmer-crusher where each grape is gently broken open. Grapes that will be made into white or rosé wine will be pumped

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We are Processing Grapes as They Are Harvested

On August 31, 2023   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We started with LaCrosse last weekend. Since the grapes were warm, we put them in a reefer trailer which we have rented for harvest again this year. The LaCrosse was chilled and then processed on Sunday. Because we have a lot of Edelweiss (17 acres), we harvested

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We Are Getting the Last-Minute Pre-Harvest Tasks Done

On August 8, 2023   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

In order to make room in our larger tanks for the incoming harvest, we will take a few days to move wine in the tanks to the smallest appropriate tank available. That will take a few days. We will organize the yeast and nutrients that we get

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We Bottled Red, White, & Blue® This Week

On June 15, 2023   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We bottled about 400 cases of Red, White, & Blue on Wednesday and got another batch of Red, White, & Blue cold stabilized. We have lots of birds that just love our crush pad. They do what birds do so we’ll be talking to our local exterminator

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We Bottled Oskyfizzante® Pink on Tuesday

On June 8, 2023   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We bottled a batch of Oskyfizzante Pink on Tuesday. This wine must be very cold when it’s bottled in order to avoid losing the carbonation. We have to let the wine warm up for a couple of days before we apply the labels and sleeves because the

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We Bottled Sweet Roxie Red® This Week

On March 22, 2023   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We bottled our very popular Sweet Roxie Red this week. Sweet Roxie Red is a sweet rosé with cherry and green apple on the nose and cherry and plum on the palate. It is great with spicy foods like Mexican, Asian stir fries, and Indian meals. Or,

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We Bottled Oskyfizzante® Red on Wednesday

On February 14, 2023   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We bottled Oskyfizzante Red on Tuesday. This is slow work because it must be done on our hand bottling station with five people rinsing and filling bottles, installing a crown cap, wiping the bottles down, and putting them into cartons to warm up. The wine is about

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We Bottled Oskyfizzante® Iowa White This Week

On January 17, 2023   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We bottled about 140 cases of Oskyfizzante Iowa White on Tuesday. This is a slow process because it is all done by hand. We can’t use our bottling line on fizzy wines. And, it is a two-step process because we have to fill the bottles, wait at

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Tassel Ridge Winery

Address:
1681 220th Street
Leighton, IA 50143

Phone:
641.672.WINE (9463)

*Winery Hours:

Monday–Friday: 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00–6:00 p.m.

*See our Event Calendar for special evening event hours.

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