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Fungicide Spraying, Mowing, and Trellis Work Are Our Objectives This Week

On July 17, 2018   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter Articles  

Hot, humid weather is ideal for growing fungus but not for making quality wine. We must spray every 7–10 days and vary the fungicide each time in order to avoid allowing the fungus to become resistant to the sprays. Given the amount rain, we must mow the

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Trellis Maintenance, Fungicide Spraying, and Preventative Maintenance on Harvest Equipment Occupy Our Vineyard Crew

On July 9, 2018   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter Articles  

We continue to tie up new plants and maintain trellises in all vineyards. We are starting preventative maintenance on all harvest equipment. And, spraying for fungus is never ending. Last week, we undertook our first harvest estimate of the season. We will update this estimate two more

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Removing Suckers, Retying Vines, and Thinning Leaves Occupy Us This Week

On June 25, 2018   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter Articles  

We will continue removing suckers and will start retying vines in the Maple Woods Vineyard. We will be using our Collard leaf thinner to remove leaves on the east side of the rows in our Meadowcreek Vineyard. Weather permitting, we will be spraying herbicide and fungicide and

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Spraying, Removing Suckers, and Tying Vines will Occupy the Vineyard Crew This Week

On June 19, 2018   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter Articles  

This week we will be spraying both fungicide and herbicide. Fungus of all types love hot, humid weather, so we have to spray fungicide about once every seven to ten days during the growing season. And, we mix it up and vary our use of specific fungicides

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We Planted 1,250 New Vines Last Week; Will Spray, Remove Leaves, and Water New Vines This Week

On June 11, 2018   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter Articles  
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Our grapes like the warm weather (up to a point) and are back on schedule after a late start this year. They are almost done flowering and most varieties have set fruit. One variety that failed to set much fruit is St. Pepin from which we make

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Planting New Vines is a Top Priority This Week; Then, We Work on Suckering and Spraying

On June 4, 2018   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter Articles  

We planted a small number of Itasca and Verona vines last week. Both are new varieties with the Itasca being a white from the University of Minnesota and Verona being a red from Tom Plocher, a private hybridizer in Hugo, Minnesota. This week we are taking delivery

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Vine Tucking and Trellis Maintenance are Objectives for This Week

On May 29, 2018   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter Articles  

We are frequently asked how the vines like 95°F heat. Fortunately, on most hot days, the temperature starts out at about 75° and climbs to peak temperatures in the early afternoon. When the temperature surpasses about 85°F, photosynthesis stops until the temperature comes back down. So, the

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Vineyard Crew is Finishing Up Pruning, Starting Trellis Maintenance

On April 30, 2018   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter Articles  

The vineyard staff has about 26,000 of 38,000 vines pruned. All pruning now is final pruning. The chances of a hard freeze yet this spring are dropping every day. Nonetheless, we are keeping our eyes open to the possibility of a freeze. We have vines at Newport

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Final Short Pruning is Underway in Three Vineyards, Vines Coming Out of Dormancy

On April 23, 2018   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter Articles  

We will short prune vines at Meadowcreek and Newport Lane. Spraying lime-sulfur on our dormant vines is a stinky (rotten eggs) job that we do annually and are starting this week. And we will be mulching up the Tassel Ridge vineyard. We now have all 38,000 of

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Vineyard Crew Dodges the Rain Drops and Makes Good Progress Pruning

On April 3, 2018   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter Articles  

The vineyard crew is making good progress cleaning out long canes and dead wood in the Edelweiss and Sabrevois at Tassel Ridge. They hope the weather will allow them to finish this week. They will mechanically prune the rest of the vineyards next. Most people I talk

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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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