We will check the dissolved Oxygen of the Iowa In the Dark first thing Monday morning and will probably then run Nitrogen through the wine in order to eliminate any dissolved Oxygen. We are starting to feel the pain of unreliable truck deliveries that we’re reading about
Read more →We will finish pruning our Sabrevois at Tassel Ridge this week and will start pruning Edelweiss when that is done. Edelweiss is a big job because we have 17 acres of this grape. We got all of the lime-sulfur spray applied and will now continue spraying herbicide
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Celebrate with Oskyfizzante® Pink and Oskyfizzante Pink Cupcakes! These Oskyfizzante Pink Cupcakes with their White Sugar Pearl Sprinkles are a fun, festive treat to serve at celebrations or anytime and Oskyfizzante Pink is the perfect pairing!
Read more →Tassel Ridge Oskyfizzante® Red is a perfect wine pairing with Pepperoni Pizza! In fact, it’s an award-winning pairing, the winner of a Silver Medal for wine paired with Pepperoni Pizza at the Mid-American Wine Competition. Oskyfizzante® Red is a semi-sweet, refreshing, fruity, fizzy red wine with cherry
Read more →We are working to get both the Iowa Louise Swenson and the Iowa St. Pepin ready for bottling next week. This week, we will check the level of dissolved oxygen in both wines and we will probably run Nitrogen gas through these wines. This will remove the
Read more →Oskyfizzante® Red is a refreshing, semi-sweet, fruity, and fizzy red wine. It displays cherry and green apple notes on the nose with cherry and plum on the palate. Pair with spicy appetizers or just chill, open, and celebrate! Tassel Ridge Oskyfizzante Red is available at the Winery
Read more →We will begin pruning Brianna and Sabrevois at Tassel Ridge Winery this week. Each year at this time, we spray a lime-sulfur mixture on the trunks and cordons of our vines in order to kill any overwintering fungus spores that take up residence in the wood of
Read more →Pair American Pink Catawba with Baked Sesame Chicken. This Baked Sesame Chicken is spicy and filled with flavors making it a perfect match for Tassel Ridge American Pink Catawba, a semi-sweet rosé with tropical fruit aromas and green apple and citrus on the palate.
Read more →Sweet Roxie Red® is a refreshing, sweet, fruity red wine with cherry and citrus on the nose and sweet cherry and candied fruits on the palate. Made from a blend of Marquette grapes grown in our Iowa, vineyards and Muscat grapes, Sweet Roxie Red is a great sipping wine
Read more →We have several batches of Red, White, & Blue® in the works right now. Some are still fermenting and need additions of yeast nutrients while we also monitor fermentation temperatures. On other batches, we are ready to make the blend, and then cold stabilize the wine. On
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