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We Finish Tying and Suckering New Vines at Maple Woods and Make this Season’s First Harvest Estimate

On July 14, 2020   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We have a lot of new vines at our Maple Woods vineyard and we will finish tying them to the pencil rod and top wire and also remove any suckers. We have more fungicide to apply. Because of our high humidity right now, this is really important.

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Tying Vines, Removing Suckers, Spraying Herbicide, and Mowing are All Seasonal Tasks in the Vineyard

On July 6, 2020   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

This week, we will finish tying Sabrevois and St. Croix and removing suckers. We will finish hedging the Marquette in Meadowcreek West and work on the Marquette trellis. Mowing never seems to go away. We will be spraying some herbicide at Tassel Ridge and at Meadowcreek. And,

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Removing Suckers, Tying up Vines, Mowing, Killing Weeds, and Applying Fungicide Keep Us Busy in the Vineyard

On June 30, 2020   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

The first order of business this week involves removing the Edelweiss trunks in four rows at Tassel Ridge. These vines were originally planted in about 2007 and now are missing arms, are really mis-shapen, are dead, or have what appears to be diseased trunks. We are starting

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Vineyard Crew Works on Tying up New Plants and Removing Leaves in Marquette

On June 23, 2020   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We have blocs of one year-old Brianna, Crimson Pearl, and Petite Pearl at Tassel Ridge that are now almost up to the top wire. We tie them to the pencil rod to assure that their trunks grow straight. This is not just to make them look pretty

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Our Vines are Growing, Fruit has Set, Now we Manage Vines and Prepare for Harvest

On June 16, 2020   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

Warm weather has encouraged rapid growth in our vines. Most grape varieties have already set their fruit. We are removing suckers and tying up vines, applying fungicide and even a little herbicide under vines. We also start to remove leaves so that the fruit is exposed to

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There is Sex in the Vineyard (The Vines are Flowering!)

On June 8, 2020   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

The warm temperatures we’ve been experiencing have promoted flowering of our vines. Forget right now about picking a bouquet of grapevine flowers. These flowers are REALLY small and not pretty. Only a grape vine loves them! Anyhow, each flower is almost 1/8 of an inch high and

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Pruning is Done! Now We Work to Get Vines on the Trellises

On June 2, 2020   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We finished pruning last week and now one person is dedicated to mowing and another to spraying fungicide. The rest of our vineyard crew will work to get our Marquette tucked up into the catch wires and then we’ll work on removing suckers from the Edelweiss and

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Vines Have Leafed Out; Here Comes the Freeze Alerts!

On May 12, 2020   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

All of the vines in our vineyards are leafing out. Freeze alerts on Friday and Monday nights have our vineyard crew at attention because the tender leaves are subject to severe damage if the temperatures drop to 28°F. As of Monday, May 11, it is clear that

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Vines are Leafing Out

On May 5, 2020   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

As of today, most vines have buds that have opened to the point that small leaves are evident. The warm air temperatures last week hastened that process. Now, we watch low temperatures like hawks. Any overnight temperature of 30°F or below is cause for concern. Pruning work

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We are Wrapping Up Pruning With the Edelweiss and Sabrevois at Tassel Ridge

On April 27, 2020   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We have a lot of Edelweiss and Sabrevois at Tassel Ridge to prune this week but we are making great progress. We also will tie up the new vines at Tassel Ridge and also at Maple Woods. And, we will get the last of the vines 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.

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