Jake Peterson is the Assistant Tasting Room Manager at Tassel Ridge Winery. He moved from North Carolina about seven months ago and started at Tassel Ridge in February. He is still getting used to the wide range of temperatures we have in Iowa. Jake worked for a
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A fan of fish tacos or looking for something new, try these Coconut-Lime Fish Tacos. Iowa Edelweiss with its pineapple notes and flavors is an outstanding complement to the spices and tropical flavors in these Coconut-Lime Fish Tacos.
Read more →Tying Vines, Removing Suckers, Spraying Herbicide, and Mowing are All Seasonal Tasks in the Vineyard
This week, we will finish tying Sabrevois and St. Croix and removing suckers. We will finish hedging the Marquette in Meadowcreek West and work on the Marquette trellis. Mowing never seems to go away. We will be spraying some herbicide at Tassel Ridge and at Meadowcreek. And,
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Tassel Ridge Greek Beef Pockets make a tasty, light, summer meal, and Tassel Ridge Iowa Cuvée 220 is a perfect pairing. It has enough body to complement the bigger flavors from the beef, onion, and feta without overwhelming the fresh flavors in the cucumber sauce.
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Cool down with a Tassel Ridge® Frosty Flag. A slushy-style drink, made with Tassel Ridge Red, White, & Blue®, it’s bursting with traditional grape flavors and icy cold goodness.
Read more →The first order of business this week involves removing the Edelweiss trunks in four rows at Tassel Ridge. These vines were originally planted in about 2007 and now are missing arms, are really mis-shapen, are dead, or have what appears to be diseased trunks. We are starting
Read more →This week, we will finish up the last bottling session with our very popular Red, White, & Blue. We are completing cold stabilization of a batch of American Pink Catawba. A shipment of Steuben and Cranberry juice is expected this week. We are getting ready for harvest
Read more →We have blocs of one year-old Brianna, Crimson Pearl, and Petite Pearl at Tassel Ridge that are now almost up to the top wire. We tie them to the pencil rod to assure that their trunks grow straight. This is not just to make them look pretty
Read more →We are doing lots of checks on wine in tanks including for dissolved oxygen and SO2 and we will make adjustments where necessary. We are starting to get ready for harvest by purchasing yeast, yeast nutrients, and other fermentation supplies. Other tasks for this week include moving
Read more →Warm weather has encouraged rapid growth in our vines. Most grape varieties have already set their fruit. We are removing suckers and tying up vines, applying fungicide and even a little herbicide under vines. We also start to remove leaves so that the fruit is exposed to
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