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Vineyard Crew Will Try Mechanical Hedging in Marquette and La Crescent Blocks for First Time

On June 22, 2016   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter Articles  

Last week, we talked about our mechanical hedging trial. We decided to wait a couple of weeks until the vines had slowed down their vegetative growth for the season and then go ahead with a trial on just a few rows of grapes. If we hedge too

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Vineyard Crew Will Try Mechanical Hedging in Marquette and La Crescent Blocks for First Time

On June 15, 2016   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter Articles  

In addition to routine tying and combing, the vineyard crew will try to mechanically hedge a portion of the Marquette and La Crescent blocks. These vines are particularly vigorous and if we don’t remove some of the growth, the fruit is excessively shaded and it doesn’t develop

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Vineyard Crew Removes Suckers, Ties Vines, Mows, and Sprays Herbicides Under Rows

On June 7, 2016   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter Articles  

The root system of a grapevine contains more energy than the vine needs to start growing each season so it directs some of that energy into potential new trunks that we call suckers. In a healthy vine, suckers are not welcome because if they are allowed to

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Planting Will be Followed by Tucking and Tying La Crescent and Marquette

On May 31, 2016   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter Articles  

Planting started on Friday at Maple Woods, Newport Lane, and Meadowcreek. It has gone faster than we expected. We finished up at Tassel Ridge on Tuesday. The vineyard team will tuck and tie the La Crescent and then tuck the Marquette. Both varieties have VSP (Vertical Shoot Positioning) 

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Vineyard Maintenance Continues as We Await Arrival of New Vines

On May 24, 2016   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter Articles  

One part of our vineyard crew is tying and suckering our Marquette vines while another is tightening the trellis wire at Tassel Ridge. We’ve just received a new Environmist sprayer for applying herbicide safely under the rows of vines. We will continue spraying the area immediately under

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Vineyard Crew will Finish Last Bits of Pruning; Planting New Vines Starts Late in the Week; Planning for Next Year’s Planting

On May 16, 2016   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter Articles  

We have a small amount of pruning to finish. Rainy weather last week made it impossible to hold to our original pruning schedule. Our new vines will arrive late next week. This year, we are only replanting about 650 vines, the smallest amount of planting in three

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Tassel Ridge Vineyard Crew is Finishing Short Pruning

On May 3, 2016   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter Articles  

All of our 38,500 vines have been long pruned (most of them mechanically) and now we have the Edelweiss that needs to be short pruned. The grass in the rows between the vines is loving the rain and is growing FAST. We’ll be mowing every day we

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Tassel Ridge Vineyard Crew is Working on Short Pruning

On April 26, 2016   /   From Our Vineyard  

All of our 38,500 vines have been long pruned (most of them mechanically) and now we have the Marquette, Brianna, and Edelweiss that need to be short pruned. As of last Friday, about 50% of the vines had started to leaf out although the cool, wet weather

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Recent Cold Snap Illustrates the Challenges of Knowing When to Prune Grapes in Iowa

On April 11, 2016   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter Articles  

The cold snap late last week illustrates the judgment required to know when and how much to prune grapes in Iowa. It is essential to prune grapes annually in the spring because without pruning, they would attempt to produce far more grapes than possible without damaging and

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Pruning is Progressing Well at Tassel Ridge Winery

On April 4, 2016   /   From Our Vineyard  

We will finish spraying sulfur in our 17 acres of Edelweiss. Meanwhile, we will be tying and pruning St. Pepin and Brianna at Maple Woods. These are young vines and this pruning will be done very carefully by hand. We will machine prune the Sabrevois, St. Croix,

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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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