We are frequently asked how long Tassel Ridge wines can be kept if they have not been opened. Tassel Ridge wines are made to be consumed right after purchasing them. But, they can be stored for a year or two with no problem. The perfect storage location
Read more →We will be mowing and spraying as needed and we will install pencil rods and grow tubes on our new vines that are already planted as soon as the pencil rods arrive. We are getting our La Crescent blocks cleaned up. We had quite a bit of
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On Tuesday, we will bottle a batch of Oskyfizzante® Pink and then label and install the cap-sleeves later in the week. We will also get the next batch of Oskyfizzante Pink carbonated and ready for bottling next week. Oskyfizzante Pink is our very popular sweet, pink, fizzy
Read more →Our vineyard team planted all of the new Verona and Itasca vines last week and we got most of our vineyards sprayed with fungicide. We’ll try to finish spraying fungicide this week if the weather cooperates. This week, we will plant about 1,000 Steuben vines which we
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Planting has begun at Tassel Ridge Winery! Watch the video here to see exactly how it is done! From drilling the holes to planting the vines…watch this short video to see how grape vines get their start.
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We got started planting about 850 new Verona and 850 new Itasca vines this week. Verona will make a red wine with very prominent raspberry notes. This new (to us) variety was developed by Tom Plocher in East-Central Minnesota. Itasca will produce a white wine which we
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Need a little something to quench your thirst? Tassel Ridge Winery offers several Sangria recipes made with your favorite Iowa wine! There are several varieties to choose from. Click here to go to our recipes page to find out how to quench your summer thirst with Sangrias
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Two wines from Tassel Ridge Winery, Iowa Candleglow® White and 2014 Iowa La Crescent, scored highly in the May Midwest Wine Review. Iowa Candleglow White ranked #2 and 2014 Iowa La Crescent ranked #6 among the top ten wines featured in the article, “May 2019—Heart of the
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Most of our vines are at one stage or another of blooming. Just prior to bloom, vines have “bunches” of tiny tight buds that look like little grapes. The outer casing on each bud will drop off, the stamen (pollen producing part of the flower) extends to
Read more →We are finishing up on our production of our very popular Red, White, & Blue® for this season and will bottle another batch this week. We are also cold stabilizing Oskyfizzante® Pink. That means that we will chill it way down to about 25°F and then put
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