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Vineyard Team Continues Removing Mulberry Trees and Replacing Posts

On November 4, 2019   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

The vineyard team will finish up removing Mulberry trees at Newport Lane Vineyard and then start over with tree removal and post replacement at Meadowcreek Vineyard. We will be spraying herbicide if we get a break in the weather. And, we are putting our waste water treatment

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Vineyard Crew Getting Vineyards Ready for Winter

On October 28, 2019   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We are working to remove Mulberry Trees at Maple Woods Vineyards and then at Newport Lane Vineyard.  The Mulberry Trees seem to be everywhere but they aren’t as big a problem in the vineyards around Oskaloosa. We will be spraying pre-emergent under the vines. This is a

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Vineyard Shuts Down for Winter

On October 14, 2019   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

The 30°F frost on Saturday, October 5 followed by another frost on Sunday, October 13 appear to have convinced our vines to start shutting down for the season. While there are still some green leaves to be seen, the overall impression is that the vineyards are turning

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Last Mowing of the Season, Spray Fungicide, and Removing Mulberry Trees Top Our Vineyard Schedule for This Week

On October 7, 2019   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

Frequent rain last week made spraying and mowing impossible. The vineyards were really soggy. We did get more Mulberry trees removed but even that task was possible on only a couple of days. Last weekend, somebody asked me why we have so many Mulberry trees and why

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Harvest is Done, Now We Work on Vineyard Maintenance

On September 16, 2019   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We harvested Steuben Monday and processed it on Tuesday. That means that our small 2019 harvest is now done. We’ll do a deep cleaning of the harvester and perform some preventative maintenance on it. Then, we’ll clean up all of the harvest equipment and put it away

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From Grapes to Juice to Wine—Watch How It Begins!

On September 16, 2019   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

Harvest 2019 at Tassel Ridge Winery is now finished up! Watch how we turn the grapes into juice to make our Tassel Ridge wine.

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Grapes Have Been VERY Slow to Ripen

On September 3, 2019   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

While we harvested our first grapes on Monday, August 19, we’ve been twiddling since. So, when the vineyard manager was asked about his plans for this week, it was TO HARVEST SOMETHING! We’ve been testing and tasting all varieties for the past couple of weeks and we

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We Harvested Brianna Last Monday; Waiting on Pins and Needles for Other Grapes to be Ready for Harvest

On August 26, 2019   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

Last Monday, the Brianna was ready and we harvested it. Nothing else is ready so we are taking samples and testing, testing, and more testing. We got all of our grapes tested to double-check our lab numbers and we’ll be out tasting and picking up samples for

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Herbie the Hawk Flies, and Flies, and Flies!

On August 19, 2019   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

Herbie the Hawk (actually, we have five of them stationed in our vineyards) spends his days flying around. All he needs is a wind of 2–3 miles per hour. Our present all-natural hawk can’t quite figure out what to make of Herbie. He has checked Herbie out

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Herbie the Hawk Joins the Tassel Ridge® Team

On August 12, 2019   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

Herbie the Hawk became the newest member of our team last week. He and his brother float above the Maple Woods Vineyard and our hope is that they scare off little birds. Of course, they are just elegant kites that are tethered along the west edge of

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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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