Although we remain wary of unseasonably warm weather, we are forging ahead with pruning varieties that usually bud late. We’ve started with Edelweiss and will finish Edelweiss by mid-week. We long pruned our Edelweiss with our V-Mech mechanical pruning system (click here for brief video) and will
Read more →We are walking on pins and needles in the vineyards right now. Recent warm weather combined with a relatively warm winter are causing buds on some early budding varieties to swell. If we achieve bud break in late March, we will lose leaves and buds if we
Read more →Friday, February 19 4:30 p.m.—VIP Ticket Holder Admission 5:30 p.m.—The Grand Tasting Location: Des Moines Marriott Downtown Tickets: VIP—$100; Grand Tasting—$50 Tassel Ridge Winery will be pouring samples of several Tassel Ridge wines at this event. Other Iowa wineries and microbreweries along with wine and beer distributors
Read more →The colder weather has sent the vines into dormancy so we can now spray herbicide under the vines at Newport Lane. It also means we can spray herbicide to control broadleaved weeds in-between the vines at Newport Lane and Maple Woods. We will also be spraying pre-emergent herbicides at
Read more →The colder weather has sent the vines into dormancy so we can now spray herbicide under the vines at Newport Lane and spray herbicide to control broadleaved weeds in-between the vines at Newport Lane and Maple Woods. We will also be spraying pre-emergent herbicides at Maple Woods
Read more →This week, we will finish removing trees at Meadowcreek and we hope to finish painting the tops of posts at Meadowcreek. We will be spraying fungicide at Meadowcreek and herbicide at Maple Woods and in the front of Newport Lane Vineyard. The process of vines hardening off
Read more →This week, we expect to finish replacing posts at Meadow Creek and then focus on removing trees growing in our Marquette vineyard. We’ve taken advantage of cooler temperatures to start spraying fungicide in all vineyards. This week, we’ll finish up at Meadowcreek and then spray Maple Woods.
Read more →In addition to being a place where we grow grapes, our vineyards also attract a range of trees like cottonwoods and mulberries. We don’t want these and other “foreign” trees and plants in the vineyard because they compete with the grapes for water and nutrients in dry
Read more →In addition to being a place where we grow grapes, our vineyards also attract a range of trees like Cottonwoods and Mulberries. We don’t want these and other “foreign” trees and plants in the vineyard because they compete with the grapes in dry years for water and
Read more →We harvested a total of 121.73 tons of grapes from our vineyards and purchased another 6.5 tons from three other vineyards nearby. This is either a record, or very close to a record, for our vineyards. And, the good news is not restricted to quantity. The cellar
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