We will move the 2021 Sabrevois from a tank to barrels and develop our final blend of Iowa Nouveau. Then, we will cold stabilize the Iowa Nouveau. We will be bottling 2021 Iowa Nouveau in late October or early November so we will order the labels this
Read more →The recent rain storms have softened the ground and are making it easier to remove broken posts and Mulberry Trees. We are taking full advantage of the moist ground and are making steady progress with both posts and trees. We have used our rainy days to get
Read more →Pair an elegant steak with an elegant wine, Tassel Ridge 2019 Iowa Marquette. These fully-flavored steaks pair well with a fully-flavored red wine. Tassel Ridge 2019 Iowa Marquette, with its pleasant acidity, is especially good with them.
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Try a Turkey Panini with some new flavors…Brie, Poached Pear, and Arugula Pesto, and Tassel Ridge® Cranberry Wine. Cranberry is always good with Turkey, and Tassel Ridge Cranberry Wine, with a tart cranberry punch with a smooth and sweet finish, is the perfect pairing for a Turkey,
Read more →After each batch finishes fermentation, it will be racked and moved to another tank. The original tank is then cleaned, a process that takes at least 30 minutes. With 34 different batches of wine in various states, there is a lot of wine being moved around right
Read more →We are working on pulling posts that were broken during harvest and then replacing them with new posts. The Vineyard crew has finished spraying for the season so we are getting our sprayers cleaned up, winterized with anti-freeze in tanks, and then put away in the appropriate
Read more →We continue to monitor several fermentations and when they finish, we rack the wine into a new, clean tank, leaving the sediment behind. We will clean the old tank out and run chemical analyses on the wine and give it a taste. This will help determine what
Read more →We always manage to break trellis posts during harvest and this week, we’ll try to get them all replaced. This is just hard work. We have to dig the base of the old post out and we slip a new post down in its place. Then we
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Ingredients: 1 bottle Tassel Ridge® Cranberry Wine 4 cups cranberry-pomegranate juice 1 cup orange juice 2 Tbsp sugar ½ orange, sliced ½ apple, sliced 1 cup cranberries 1½ cups lemon-lime soda Directions: Combine Tassel Ridge Cranberry Wine, cranberry-pomegranate juice, orange juice, and sugar in large pitcher. Add orange
Read more →On Friday, October 1, Wood Fired Oven Pizza Night returns at Tassel Ridge® Winery by Reservation Only. Enjoy an individual Wood Fired Oven Pizza ($14). Choose an Apple, Bacon, and Cheddar Pizza; a Chicken, Spinach, Artichoke Heart, Black Olive, Shredded Mozzarella, and Roasted Garlic Cream Sauce (no
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