Iowa Edelweiss is a fruity, semi-sweet white wine that offers orange, pear, and pineapple hints on both the nose and palate. It is great served chilled and simply sipped. And, it enhances spicy Asian stir-fry or a traditional family dinner of glazed ham studded with pineapple. All of
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American Pink Catawba is a semi-sweet, refreshing, fruity rosé with pineapple and other tropical fruits on the nose and hints of green apple and citrus on the palate. Made entirely from Catawba grapes, American Pink Catawba pairs well with barbecue or picnic foods like cold meats or
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Star Spangled White® is a sweet white wine with pineapple, melon, and pear on the nose and candied pineapple and pear on the palate. This wine is made entirely from Edelweiss grapes. Pair with apple and pear desserts or blue vein cheese. Enjoy Star Spangled White alone
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Rockets Glare Rosé® is a sweet rosé with cherry on the nose, bright red cherries on the palate, and green apple on the finish. Made from Sabrevois and La Crosse grapes grown in our Mahaska County, Iowa, vineyards, Rockets Glare Rosé pairs well with your favorite spicy
Read more →Our Seated Tastings include your choice of one of eight Tasting Flights. Flights include five wines, freshly baked bread, Frisian Farms Young Gouda, and Tassel Ridge® Dipping Oil. $15 per flight. Seating is limited. The Tasting Bar is not open. Call the Winery at 641.672.WINE (9463) to
Read more →We spotted the first purple grapes in our Marquette vineyard. They start out a milky green and then start turning purple as the ripening process shifts from growing the size of the individual grape to reducing the acidity, increasing the sugar level, and developing the flavor in
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Not a Margarita . . . but a Wine-A-Rita! All you need is the mix, ice, wine, and a blender to create a fun and delicious frozen wine drink. Enjoy with your 4th of July celebration! $12—single variety carton. $25—five-pack variety carton. Wine-A-Ritas with Tassel Ridge wine
Read more →Good weather, defined as no rain nor high winds, has allowed us to start pruning our Edelweiss. This is going to take some time because we have 17 acres of Edelweiss. While we hadn’t seen any bud growth as of last week, the warm weather last week
Read more →One of the pumps in our cross-flow filter failed about three weeks ago, and we have not been able to bottle since. We have a temporary fix on that pump until replacement parts arrive from Germany in early March. So, we are starting to catch up this
Read more →We bottled about 140 cases of Oskyfizzante Iowa White on Tuesday. This is a slow process because it is all done by hand. We can’t use our bottling line on fizzy wines. And, it is a two-step process because we have to fill the bottles, wait at
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