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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Cranberry-Almond Brie en Croute paired with Tassel Ridge Oskyfizzante® Cranberry…a Perfect Autumn Appetizer! Cranberry-Almond Brie en Croute is a great appetizer for autumn gatherings and celebrations, and Tassel Ridge Oskyfizzante Cranberry, a fizzy Cranberry wine, is the perfect pairing!
Read more →The vineyard crew is making progress replacing posts in the Meadowcreek Vineyard. They are now working in the south part of the Marquette vineyard. The line posts in the north and middle vineyards are done. They replaced 43 posts this week and have 23 more posts to
Read more →In general, wine can be stored most safely for months at a time in a dark place where the temperature is 55°F. Keep in mind that wine is a living thing and if it is subjected to bright light and wide temperature swings, you probably won’t like
Read more →We continue replacing broken posts in our Meadowcreek Vineyard. We initially had 72 posts to replace and we are about 50% done with the project at Meadowcreek. We are also getting ready to tackle weeds in the rows with the vines however, we discovered that we had
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
Read more →The supplier of our bottling line arrived on Tuesday for a planned preventative maintenance and training visit. We were excited about that because it was the first time since we installed the line 19 years ago that they have come to show us the details about its
Read more →How do we put our wine in bottles…thousands of them, each year? We use a semi-automated bottling line that with five people can fill and label 25 bottles per minute. The machine rinses each bottle with filtered water and then fills it with food-grade Nitrogen. The bottle
Read more →Who said that Trick or Treating candy was just for kids? Come in and indulge in an adult wine and chocolate pairing with some of your favorite Tassel Ridge wines and chocolate curated by our Tasting Room staff. Tassel Ridge Winery will be offering Wine and Adult
Read more →From time to time, we get questions about why we use screw caps when most wine from California, Oregon, and Washington, for example, is packaged in bottles with cork closures. Back in 2004 when we were making the decision about which kind of a bottle closure we
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