Treat your guests this summer to Iowa Marquette Rosé from Tassel Ridge Winery. Make it a special treat with the addition of one of the Tassel Ridge dipping oils and a warmed-up loaf of French bread from your local grocery store. The Iowa Marquette Rosé is a
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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
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Usually, when I think about the wine I want to pair with a summer bar-b-que, I think first about the meat I’m going to grill and that leads me to a dry red wine. But, the summer grilling menu usually includes more than meat AND the temperatures
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Many people are surprised to learn that Tassel Ridge Winery makes dry red wines. Our American Merlot is big, robust, and earthy. Our American Syrah is balanced and rich. American Merlot is a dry red wine with red and black fruit and oaky notes on the nose.
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Celebrate with Red, White, & Blue®, 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. Here’s a suggestion to enjoy while celebrating the Fourth of July (or any time this summer)—a
Read more →We are performing final touches to our new 2018 Iowa Harvest Red blend and will bottle it this week. We will release it in September to our Harvest Club. It will be available in our tasting room later in the year. We are finishing up our Oskyfizzante®
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We received juice to make American Steuben, Cranberry Wine, and American Pink Catawba on Monday and will start fermentations as soon as the juice temperatures get to about 60°F. Our titrator is all of a sudden not functioning, so we have to send all of our wine
Read more →We are pruning our Sabrevois and St. Croix at Tassel Ridge Vineyard early in the week and as soon as we’re done, we move to the vines at Newport Lane. As soon as (or if) the vineyards dry out a bit, we’ll continue spraying herbicide and fungicide
Read more →Springtime at Tassel Ridge Winery! Join us for a glass of wine and take a tour! We are busy pruning, plus the buds are starting to form on the vines.Come enjoy spring with your favorite Iowa wine at Tassel Ridge Winery!
Read more →Red, White, & Blue® is our biggest selling wine. Each year, after we make the wine from grapes we grow, we start using our empty tanks to make Red, White, & Blue. Right now, we have several fermentations going. We start each fermentation with the nutrients that
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