We harvested Steuben Monday and processed it on Tuesday. That means that our small 2019 harvest is now done. We’ll do a deep cleaning of the harvester and perform some preventative maintenance on it. Then, we’ll clean up all of the harvest equipment and put it away
Read more →Harvest 2019 at Tassel Ridge Winery is now finished up! Watch how we turn the grapes into juice to make our Tassel Ridge wine.
Read more →Marquette and Foch fermentations are right on schedule. One of the objectives of fermenting red wine is to extract as much color and flavor from the grape skins as possible. Since the grape skins float to the top of the fermenter, they need to be regularly pushed
Read more →Is there such a thing as Taco Thursday? If not, then there is now! Join us on Thursday night, September 12 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for Taco Thursday! Begin with Chips and Salsa, then choose your favorite tacos and pair with your favorite Tassel Ridge® wine!
Read more →We started our testing and tasting this week on Monday. St. Pepin and Marquette look really good. La Crescent still has high acid but the sugar level is about right. Our new press has been a comedy of errors. Not only did it arrive just a couple
Read more →While we harvested our first grapes on Monday, August 19, we’ve been twiddling since. So, when the vineyard manager was asked about his plans for this week, it was TO HARVEST SOMETHING! We’ve been testing and tasting all varieties for the past couple of weeks and we
Read more →Tassel Ridge Winery will help you celebrate National Red Wine Day on August 28 with a 10% discount on 2008 Iowa St. Croix and 2015 Iowa Silky St. Croix. This discount will apply only at the Winery. These are both great wines for Labor Day Weekend grilling.
Read more →Last Monday, the Brianna was ready and we harvested it. Nothing else is ready so we are taking samples and testing, testing, and more testing. We got all of our grapes tested to double-check our lab numbers and we’ll be out tasting and picking up samples for
Read more →Jonita spoke on Wednesday at Grandfather’s Barn at the Iowa State Fair. She talked about La Crescent, her favorite Iowa grape and wine. Maybe she even stomped a few grapes! This week will be invested in getting grapes tested for acidity and sugar in our lab and
Read more →Herbie the Hawk (actually, we have five of them stationed in our vineyards) spends his days flying around. All he needs is a wind of 2–3 miles per hour. Our present all-natural hawk can’t quite figure out what to make of Herbie. He has checked Herbie out
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