Many big red wines benefit from some aeration before consumption. The contact with oxygen in the air opens up the wine and makes it more approachable by softening the tannins. The traditional way of aerating a wine is to use a decanter that will expose the wine
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Tassel Ridge Iowa Nouveau turns a French Dip into an Iowa French Dip! This warm, juicy beef sandwich gets an Iowa twist from the Tassel Ridge Iowa Nouveau used to make the au jus. With its light and fruity characteristics, Iowa Nouveau is a perfect ingredient in
Read more →Many people associate cranberries with holiday dinners featuring turkey so it is only natural that our Cranberry Wine sales really surge in the fall. The Tassel Ridge Cranberry Wine is sweet but with a tart cranberry punch and a long smooth finish, it is perfect with an
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Soup weather is here! Try Tassel Ridge® Hearty Vegetable Soup paired with Tassel Ridge Iowa Nouveau. The hints of fruit in Iowa Nouveau make it a perfect pairing for the vegetables and especially the tomatoes in the soup.
Read more →The fall is an exciting time at Tassel Ridge Winery because many of the grapes that were hanging on the vine as recently as Labor Day are now wine and are ready for bottling. Our first wine of the season is the 2024 Iowa Nouveau, a very
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Warm up with a Top Sirloin Roast Paired with an Iowa Dry Red Wine! The big flavors from the spices and the fat from the sirloin in this Fennel-Coriander Top Sirloin Roast need a big, dry red wine, and Tassel Ridge 2021 Iowa Petite Pearl is a
Read more →2021 Iowa Petite Pearl is a dry red with a lightly acidic entry transitioning to dark fruit and a long, drying finish. Made from Petite Pearl grapes grown in our Iowa vineyards, 2021 Iowa Petite Pearl will pair nicely with grilled meat or pasta with a tomato-based
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Looking for a good steak recipe to cook inside on a cold night? These Pan-Seared Steaks have big flavors from the spices and shallots in the sauce, and there is fat and body in the steaks. This calls for a big, dry red wine, and Tassel Ridge
Read more →The vineyard crew finished replacing broken posts at Meadowcreek Vineyard and moved to Maple Woods Vineyard to replace broken posts and to fix broken H-Braces. The H-Braces are the structures that support the trellis wires at each end of a row. Jess Manley, our new Vineyard Manager,
Read more →Iowa Harvest Red is a dry red with plum and black cherry aromas and notes on the palate along with nice acid followed by a long, complex finish. Iowa Harvest Red is made from Marquette and Marechal Foch grapes grown in our Iowa vineyards. Iowa Harvest Red
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