The end of a long day. There’s a roaring fire in the fireplace. You have a glass of Robert Duncan® Iowa Ruby Reserve or another of the four Tassel Ridge Dessert Wines, some salted, roasted nuts; some almond biscotti; or some blue cheese with crackers. Life doesn’t
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Sizzle, spice & shallots: a pan-seared steak and the perfect big red wine for chilly evenings! 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,
Read more →Iowa Sabrevois is a dry red with bold aromas of spices and leather on the nose followed by blackberry and plum notes with hints of baking spice, smoke, and licorice on the palate. Made from Sabrevois grapes grown in our Iowa vineyards, Iowa Sabrevois pairs well with
Read more →We have focused on removing trees from our Tassel Ridge Vineyard starting in the south in Block A. We moved north into Blocks B, C, and D. Tree removal should be an annual task but we neglected doing it for two to three years so now we
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Spice-rubbed sirloin deserves a bold red: try Tassel Ridge® 20th Anniversary Iowa Red. The big flavors from the spices and the marbling from the sirloin in this Fennel-Coriander Top Sirloin Roast need a big, dry red wine, and Tassel Ridge® 20th Anniversary Iowa Red a perfect pairing!
Read more →We racked several wines off yeast lees and got both the Oskyfizzante Pink and Cranberry ready for carbonation. This involves sweetening and filtering both wines. Bottling is done manually, one bottle at a time, with a five-person team. One person rinses each bottle, the second fills the
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Dip, Sip, Repeat: Lemongrass Chicken paired with Tassel Ridge® 20th Anniversary Iowa White Tassel Ridge® 20th Anniversary Iowa White, a dry, fruity white with pineapple, pear, melon, and apricot notes on the nose and palate and a finish that hints of green apple is a perfect pairing
Read more →Part of our vineyard cleanup effort is focused on replacing broken posts, trellis wires that have come down, and bent pencil rods. We took a load of posts and bent pencil rods to the landfill and will have another load soon. In fact, many of our Marquette
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Harissa chicken brings the fire, Tassel Ridge® Iowa White Bouquet brings the balance. Harissa is a flavorful but strong seasoning, so we need a wine with fruit flavors and body. Made from a blend of Brianna, La Crescent, and Edelweiss grapes, Tassel Ridge Iowa White Bouquet will
Read more →Our Clarion vines were just planted in June and we had to race the clock to get the ground under the vines cleaned up and the grow tubes removed so that the vines could harden off for winter. We also fertilized them and several rows of Edelweiss
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