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Cellar Updates

This Week, We Will Move Several Wines Closer to Bottling

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

We are working to get both the Iowa Louise Swenson and the Iowa St. Pepin ready for bottling next week.  This week, we will check the level of dissolved oxygen in both wines and we will probably run Nitrogen gas through these wines.  This will remove the

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Several Batches of Red, White, & Blue® Are In the Works

On April 5, 2021   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We have several batches of Red, White, & Blue® in the works right now. Some are still fermenting and need additions of yeast nutrients while we also monitor fermentation temperatures. On other batches, we are ready to make the blend, and then cold stabilize the wine. On

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We will Bottle a Batch of Red, White, & Blue® and “Touch” Several Other Wines at Various Stages in the Winemaking Process

On March 30, 2021   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We are bottling Red, White, & Blue this week. We are also starting to cold stabilize another batch of Red, White, & Blue. We will rack and transfer our Iowa In the Dark and also Iowa St. Pepin. With each wine, we’ll measure the dissolved oxygen and

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We will Bottle Another Batch of Iowa Sweet & Snazzy™ This Week and Work on Several Other Wines

On March 22, 2021   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We will bottle the second batch of Iowa Sweet & Snazzy™ on Thursday and on Tuesday, we will measure the dissolved Oxygen (DO) in this wine. If the DO is above about 5 parts per million or 5mg per liter, we will bubble Nitrogen through the wine.

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We Bottle Our First Batch of Iowa Sweet & Snazzy™

On March 15, 2021   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We bottle our first batch of Iowa Sweet & Snazzy™ this week and a second batch next week. We will release this wine on July 5. It is a sweet fruity wine that is great for picnics and outdoor grilling. We will carefully measure the dissolved oxygen

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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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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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© 2021 Tassel Ridge Winery | 1681 220th Street, Leighton, Iowa 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.
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