The fall is an exciting time at Tassel Ridge Winery because many of the grapes that were hanging on the vine as recently as Labor Day are now wine and are ready for bottling. Our first wine of the season is the 2024 Iowa Nouveau, a very
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Warm up with a Top Sirloin Roast Paired with an Iowa Dry Red Wine! The big flavors from the spices and the fat from the sirloin in this Fennel-Coriander Top Sirloin Roast need a big, dry red wine, and Tassel Ridge 2021 Iowa Petite Pearl is a
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Looking for a good steak recipe to cook inside on a cold night? These Pan-Seared Steaks have big flavors from the spices and shallots in the sauce, and there is fat and body in the steaks. This calls for a big, dry red wine, and Tassel Ridge
Read more →The vineyard crew finished replacing broken posts at Meadowcreek Vineyard and moved to Maple Woods Vineyard to replace broken posts and to fix broken H-Braces. The H-Braces are the structures that support the trellis wires at each end of a row. Jess Manley, our new Vineyard Manager,
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Cranberry-Almond Brie en Croute paired with Tassel Ridge Oskyfizzante® Cranberry…a Perfect Autumn Appetizer! Cranberry-Almond Brie en Croute is a great appetizer for autumn gatherings and celebrations, and Tassel Ridge Oskyfizzante Cranberry, a fizzy Cranberry wine, is the perfect pairing!
Read more →The vineyard crew is making progress replacing posts in the Meadowcreek Vineyard. They are now working in the south part of the Marquette vineyard. The line posts in the north and middle vineyards are done. They replaced 43 posts this week and have 23 more posts to
Read more →In general, wine can be stored most safely for months at a time in a dark place where the temperature is 55°F. Keep in mind that wine is a living thing and if it is subjected to bright light and wide temperature swings, you probably won’t like
Read more →We continue replacing broken posts in our Meadowcreek Vineyard. We initially had 72 posts to replace and we are about 50% done with the project at Meadowcreek. We are also getting ready to tackle weeds in the rows with the vines however, we discovered that we had
Read more →The supplier of our bottling line arrived on Tuesday for a planned preventative maintenance and training visit. We were excited about that because it was the first time since we installed the line 19 years ago that they have come to show us the details about its
Read more →How do we put our wine in bottles…thousands of them, each year? We use a semi-automated bottling line that with five people can fill and label 25 bottles per minute. The machine rinses each bottle with filtered water and then fills it with food-grade Nitrogen. The bottle
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