Our Edelweiss has produced a weak harvest for the past two years and it appears that the number of older vines in blocks A & B of the vineyard is part of the problem. Many of these vines have just one arm, others have died and haven’t
Read more →Cold nights are coming…warm up with Tassel Ridge® Spiced Cranberry Wine Punch! The cider and spices in this punch add nice flavors to the Cranberry Wine in this Tassel Ridge Spiced Cranberry Wine Punch.
Read more →On Saturday, we finished fermenting our La Crescent. We continued punch downs on some red wines in small open fermenters. On, Sunday, we added the lag nutrients to the Steuben and Sabrevois and started fermentation on Frontenac. We also racked the Edelweiss, St. Pepin, and Petite Pearl
Read more →We finished the 2020 harvest last week with the last of the Sabrevois and our small harvest of Steuben. We immediately thoroughly cleaned our Macrobins, the grape processing equipment we use seasonally on the crush pad, and trailers used during harvest and put them all away. This
Read more →Oskyfizzante® Pink is a refreshing, sweet, fizzy wine with tropical fruit aromas including pineapple and lychee, followed by green apple and citrus on the palate. Pair Oskyfizzante Pink with a wide range of appetizers. Serve chilled. Chill, open, and celebrate! Tassel Ridge Oskyfizzante Pink is available at
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Think cherry, chocolate, and pizza…try Tassel Ridge Cherry Pizza with White and Semisweet Chocolate Drizzle! There is fruit in this Cherry Pizza, but the dominate wine pairing component is the sweetness. Tassel Ridge Oskyfizzante® Pink is perfect because it balances the sweetness in the recipe, and it
Read more →We started fermentation of the Frontenac on Saturday. We actually harvested these grapes on Labor Day and did a week-long cold soak while it rained continually last week. We have two batches of Petite Pearl working now. The first is small and came from our 60 Petite
Read more →We have Sabrevois and Steuben left to harvest but it will be a few days before the vineyards are dry enough to get the Harvester out for picking. The Steuben is a late harvest grape and because we have a very light crop this year, we’ll hand
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Chicken Piccata Pasta pairs well with the approach of autumn and changing temperatures. This Chicken Piccata Pasta has some spice and some fairly light flavors. Tassel Ridge Iowa Candleglow® White, a dry white wine, is a nice pairing with both the spice and the light flavors in
Read more →We are monitoring fermentations of La Crescent, Louise Swenson, and Petite Pearl and will add mid-life nutrients for the yeast in each tank. We are punching down the cap twice daily on our red wines. We are watching the fermentations on Edelweiss and St. Pepin (by measuring
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