We have cold stabilized batches of both Iowa Edelweiss and Red, White, & Blue®. We do this to minimize the chance that if a wine is ever subjected to cold temperatures, it won’t make tartrate crystals that settle to the bottom of the bottle. The crystals are
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Celebrate the Holidays with an Iowa Mimosa! Tassel Ridge Oskyfizzante Iowa White, a fizzy white made from grapes grown in our Iowa vineyards, makes the perfect Iowa Mimosa for Iowa Holiday Celebrations.
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Tassel Ridge® Oskyfizzante® fizzy wines paired with Spicy Bacon Wrapped Breadsticks…perfect for Holiday Celebrations! Add some bacon and spice to your celebrations with Tassel Ridge Spicy Bacon Wrapped Breadsticks. They are delightfully spicy, and even better when paired with Tassel Ridge Oskyfizzante Cranberry, Tassel Ridge Oskyfizzante Iowa
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Bubbles + Blackberries = Pure Holiday Magic ✨ The jammy flavors in Tassel Ridge® Blackberry Wine and the fizz in Tassel Ridge Oskyfizzante® Iowa White make a fun, fizzy, fruity cold drink!
Read more →Oskyfizzante® Iowa White is a slightly sweet, white, fizzy wine with kiwi, peach, and citrus flavors. It is made from a blend of grapes grown in our Mahaska County vineyards. This wine is perfect as a gift or at holiday gatherings for celebrating and toasting. Oskyfizzante Pink
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The spice in pepperoni brings out the fruity flavors in Oskyfizzante® Red making it a perfect wine pairing for Pepperoni Pizza! In fact, it’s an award-winning pairing, winner of a Silver Medal for wine paired with Pepperoni Pizza at the Mid-American Wine Competition. Oskyfizzante® Red is a semi-sweet, refreshing,
Read more →This starts with tasting and writing up profiles on wines. We have gotten labels ordered so that we will have them when we start bottling in January. We are cold stabilizing Brianna and Rockets Glare Rosé® and, in fact, are putting Mother Nature to work by putting
Read more →We have plenty of equipment that requires annual servicing and with the vineyard now snow covered, we are using our equipment sheds to get everything ready for pruning and fertilizing in the spring. Last week, we talked about the survivability of our cold-climate grapevines when it is
Read more →If your guests prefer sweet wines, Red, White, & Blue®, Star Spangled White®, and Blackberry Wine are all very popular. Red, White, & Blue is also available in cans which can provide some entertaining flexibility. White wine lovers like our award-winning Iowa Candleglow® White and Iowa Lace.
Read more →Working in the vineyard with 8 inches of snow on the ground is not possible so we will shift to indoor tasks until the snow melts. A major indoor project is to investigate ways of modifying our granular fertilizer spreader to deliver fertilizer only under the vines
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