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We are Getting Ready to Plant New Vines

On May 26, 2022   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter  

This week was devoted to getting ready to plant new vines right after the Memorial Day weekend. We are replanting vines that have died and replacing some varieties that we don’t need with those for which we have greater demand. So, we have removed some La Crescent

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Warm Weather Continues to Help Vines Leaf Out and Grow Vigorously

On May 19, 2022   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

Although our vines are nearly three weeks behind last year, the warm weather has told them that spring is here and it’s time to break buds and grow leaves. The change in just ten days is dramatic. We are bringing pruning to a close, especially in the

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Hot Weather Means Grapevines Start Developing Like Gangbusters

On May 11, 2022   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

I am feeling as though we’ve had two days of spring and now it’s summer. I think the vines are feeling the same. We have had a very long and cool spring that has left our vines about three weeks behind last year. At the beginning of

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Hand Pruning Continues in Vineyard at Tassel Ridge

On May 3, 2022   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We are still working on hand pruning Edelweiss, Brianna, and Petite Pearl at Tassel Ridge. With 17 acres of Edelweiss vines, our Edelweiss blocks at Tassel Ridge are huge and they take a long time to hand prune. As soon as we finish the Edelweiss, we will

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Hand Pruning Continues Between Rain Drops

On April 20, 2022   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We finished most of our mechanical pruning last week so we are focused on hand pruning at Tassel Ridge this week with an emphasis on our 17-acre Edelweiss block. Once that is done, we will move to the LaCrosse block at Newport Lane. Last week, we made

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Our Vineyard Crew Took Advantage of Some of the Season’s Best Weather to Do a LOT of Mechanical Pruning.

On April 13, 2022   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

Although we have had a lot of rain and other weather that makes vineyard operations impossible, Monday and Tuesday’s weather was perfect for mechanical pruning. We got all of the 36 acres at Tassel Ridge and most of the 10 unpruned acres at Meadowcreek mechanically pruned. Future

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Cold, Rainy Weather is Slowing Annual Pruning

On March 30, 2022   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

Cold, rainy weather has prevented us from doing much pruning this month. One good outcome of this weather is that our vines are still dormant and have not begun to awaken from their winter’s sleep. That means that a late frost is less likely to damage buds.

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We Finished Pruning Marquette and Are Now Working on LaCrosse

On March 23, 2022   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We got the Marquette all pruned at the end of last week and got a nice start on LaCrosse in beautiful weather on Monday of this week. Rain on Tuesday and Wednesday kept us out of the vineyard but we expect to get more done on Thursday

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We Have Three Good Weather Days This Week Invested in Pruning Marquette Vines

On February 17, 2022   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We are making good progress this week in pruning Marquette. This is a nice acre vineyard so we have a lot of vines to attend to. We did the actual pruning in late November with our tow-behind V-Mech pruner. Although it takes two people in the V-Mech

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We Got a Jump on Pruning This Week

On February 1, 2022   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We took advantage of warm weather back in early December and took the V-Mech pruning system out into the Marquette vineyard to start our seasonal pruning. While we were able to cut the long canes, some canes are so long that they stay in the vine canopy.

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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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