Our Iowa Sweet & Snazzy™ is the perfect complement to grilled meats during hot weather. This wine is best when served well chilled, and on a hot day, a chilled beverage is especially welcome. Furthermore, Iowa Sweet & Snazzy is sweet while still offering cherry and plum
Read more →Rain is very important at this time of year as the grapes are just beginning their race to maturity. But, it prevents mowing, tree removal, and even spraying of fungicides, insecticides, and nutrients. So, we’ll be happy to get some dry weather that will permit us to
Read more →Rain makes spraying and moving any heavy equipment in the vineyards difficult if not impossible. So, we have been limited in what we can do. We have focused on tasks that involve people on foot in the vineyards removing suckers and tying up the Crimson Pearl at
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Summer heat and celebrations are here.…time for an icy cold drink! 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! Looking for a fizzy drink with Red,
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Red, White, & Blue® is a traditional sweet, Concord-based blend with strong grape flavors reminiscent of grape jelly. An outstanding sipping wine, Red, White, & Blue is best served chilled. Tassel Ridge wines are sold at about 350 retailers in Iowa. Red, White, & Blue is available
Read more →Last week, everyone was employed planting our new Foch and L’Acadie Blanc grapevines. That included installing pencil rods and grow tubes. Then we went to work removing suckers that come up from the vine roots each year and tying the vines up to the trellis where necessary.
Read more →Each year at this time, we normally take petiole samples from each grape variety in each vineyard and we send them to a lab for analysis. What is a petiole? The petiole is the stem of a grape leaf. We will collect 50–100 petioles from each grape
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Peanut butter, chocolate, and Tassel Ridge Red, White, & Blue®…a sweet treat any time! Red, White, & Blue has strong grape flavors that make it a perfect pairing for Peanut Butter and Chocolate Pie. It’s an adult version of peanut butter and jelly!
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Summer is officially here! Time for Red, White, & Blue Sangria!! Try this sangria recipe built around our very popular Tassel Ridge Red, White, & Blue wine. Well-chilled Tassel Ridge Red, White, & Blue Sangria is perfect for hot summer weather and entertaining (we’ve even been told that beer
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