Our vineyard crew took advantage of nice weather and made some good progress on pruning. We still have a long way to go, however. Tassel Ridge vineyards currently extend to over 70 acres in four separate locations with 16 different varieties of cold climate grapes. We plant
Read more →On Wednesday, we bottled a small run of 2021 Iowa Frontenac. This is a dry red and it is the first Frontenac Red we have ever made. This wine will have a month or so to settle down and then we will release it. We worked on
Read more →We are grateful for the rain we got this week, but it did slow down the pruning. We finished pruning our La Crescent at Meadowcreek and got started on Edelweiss at Tassel Ridge. The Edelweiss will be a long effort because we have about 17 acres. We
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Pair Spring with Rosé and Lighter Dinners! This Chinese Chicken Salad is a light, flavorful dinner for a warm spring evening, and Tassel Ridge Iowa St. Croix Rosé is the perfect pairing for the Asian inspired flavors.
Read more →We machine-pruned at Tassel Ridge when it was not raining this week. This will be a long journey because there are a lot of vines to be pruned. We are also going through the vineyard at Tassel Ridge with a “sweeper” which is a tractor-mounted rough brush
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Maple-Glazed Ham and Cranberry Wine… perfect for spring holidays and celebrations. This Maple Glaze has sweet and spicy notes, and ham calls for a light bodied wine. Tassel Ridge Cranberry Wine is a perfect pairing for the sweet and spice and the ham.
Read more →Our vineyard crew started the week by fine-pruning the Brianna at Maple Woods and then shifted to fine pruning all of the small vineyard at Meadowcreek East. They then moved to Brianna at Tassel Ridge and finally the very large Edelweiss planting at Tassel Ridge. Edelweiss at
Read more →A couple of years ago, a visitor to the Winery came up and said something to the effect of, “In the spring, all you talk about is pruning. If you’d just let the vines do their thing and grow where they want, you wouldn’t have to spend
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Iowa Steuben is a light, fruity, semi-sweet, easy-drinking style rosé with cherry and apple notes and just a hint of cinnamon on the nose and cherry and apple flavors on the palate with a slightly spicy, tangy finish. Made entirely from Steuben grapes, it’s perfect as an
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Add some spice to dinner with Bob’s Chicken Enchiladas and Iowa Steuben. These chicken enchiladas have lots of flavors, but you’re in control of the spice and heat when you choose hot, medium, or mild sauce. Tassel Ridge Iowa Steuben is a light rosé filled with fruit
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