Sometimes, the best-laid plans just don’t work out. We were planning to bottle small quantities each of three different wines. We got the first two wines bottled and were just starting the third wine when a bottle broke in the machine. That was bad enough but the
Read more →Warm-up your evening with Tassel Ridge® Beef Wellington. Tassel Ridge Beef Wellington is an elegant way to warm up a cold evening, especially when it’s paired with Tassel Ridge Iowa In the Dark.
Read more →Tassel Ridge Iowa In the Dark is a dry red with light and fresh flavors. First impressions are tangy acid followed by black cherry fading to plum followed by a drying mid-palate and a long, pleasing finish. Made from Marquette, St. Croix, Petite Pearl, and Steuben grapes
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Your pasta night just got a serious flavor upgrade with Pasta Puttanesca & Iowa Pizzeria & Pasta Too!® Iowa Pizzeria & Pasta Too! is a dry red with moderate acidity and flavors that will complement the flavors in this Pasta Puttanesca.
Read more →We bottled small batches of our very popular Iowa Pizzeria & Pasta Too!, Iowa Sabrevois, and Iowa Marquette this week. As its name suggests, Iowa Pizzeria & Pasta Too! is excellent with both pizza and pasta. The Iowa Sabrevois is a versatile dry red wine that will
Read more →While the vines are sound asleep, we are getting ready for pruning, spraying, and fertilizing. And, we are keeping our eyes on the temperatures. While the vines are fully dormant, they are still sensitive to major drops in air temperatures. It is as though they have temperature
Read more →Iowa Pizzeria & Pasta Too!® is a dry red with aromas of blackberry and cherry and very fruity raspberry and cherry notes on the palate followed by a long finish. A blend of Marquette, Sabrevois, St. Croix, and Frontenac grapes grown in our Iowa vineyards, pair Iowa
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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 →This is probably our best Nouveau ever! It is very fruity and while totally dry, the fruit gives this wine a well-rounded hint of sweetness. But, we only made 23 cases this year and it will sell out quickly. It is available for purchase at the Winery
Read more →We have cold stabilized batches of both Iowa Edelweiss and Red, White, & Blue®. We do this to minimize the chance that if a wine is ever subjected to cold temperatures, it won’t make tartrate crystals that settle to the bottom of the bottle. The crystals are
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