Although the start of harvest is 2–4 weeks in the future, we are already thinking about steps we must take to be ready. We are doing preventative maintenance on machinery and equipment right now. We planted about 1,500 new vines this year and now is the time
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We will rack Blackberry Wine off yeast lees. The fermentation is now officially finished. We are cold stabilizing the American Steuben and also finishing up the fermentation of Cranberry Wine. We will start making a batch of Oskyfizzante® Cranberry and we’ll bottle our last batch of Red,
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We will bottle one of our last batches of Red, White, & Blue® for the season and work on getting Cranberry ready to bottle. With the start of harvesting approaching in August, this is the time of year that we start planning the purchasing of yeast, yeast
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Is there such a thing as Taco Thursday? If not, then there is now! Join us on Thursday night, July 11 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for Taco Thursday! Begin with Chips and Salsa, then choose your favorite tacos and pair with your favorite Tassel Ridge®
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
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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
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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
Read more →Friday & Saturday, June 21 & 22 Wine Dinner & Murder Mystery 6:00 p.m.—Wine Tasting 6:30 p.m.—Dinner Seating & Show Reservations Required by 3:00 p.m. on June 19 Tassel Ridge® Winery is the place to be for wine, dinner, and mystery when Jest Murder Mystery Co. presents
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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