Due to the ongoing uncertainty of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), and even with the easing of COVID-19 restrictions on May 20, 2020, to help reduce risk to our customers and our employees, Tassel Ridge Winery will remain open, but we will continue to limit our sales to to-go
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End your holiday celebration on a sweet, fruity note with Rockets Glare Rose Cake. Pair this moist, delicious strawberry flavored cake with a glass of Tassel Ridge Rockets Glare Rose and make dessert even more special.
Read more →We will bottle small batches of both Iowa In the Dark and the 2019 Iowa Marquette on Tuesday. We are getting the small batches of Iowa Louise Swenson and Iowa St. Pepin ready for bottling within the next few weeks. We are also working on another batch
Read more →Let’s explore the most important grape varieties grown in Iowa. The most important Northern Climate varieties are mostly hybrids between Vitis riperia and other native American grape varieties. Some Northern Climate varieties also contain a Vitis vinifera component. Vitis vinifera is grown in temperate climates and it
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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, pair Rockets Glare Rosé with your favorite spicy foods.
Read more →Iowa farmers have been growing grapes since the 1850s. Initially, grapes were grown around kitchen gardens for consumption by the farmer’s family. Gradually, farmers in both Southeast and Southwest Iowa were growing grapes for sale outside the State of Iowa. In Southwest Iowa, the grapes were delivered
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This Moroccan Inspired Chicken has spice from the cayenne pepper, and it calls out for a wine with fruit and body. Tassel Ridge Iowa St. Croix Rosé is the perfect match.
Read more →All of the vines in our vineyards are leafing out. Freeze alerts on Friday and Monday nights have our vineyard crew at attention because the tender leaves are subject to severe damage if the temperatures drop to 28°F. As of Monday, May 11, it is clear that
Read more →The cap elevator on our bottling line has failed and while we work to fix it, we are delaying bottling, hopefully for just a week or so. This machine takes the screw caps from floor level and blows them up about 7 feet to the vibratory bowl
Read more →If you usually drink red or white wines, but would like to try something different, try a rosé wine. Tassel Ridge Winery offers nine different rosés with varying degrees of sweetness, ranging from fully dry to very sweet. Rosé wines are a nice compromise between red and
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