Chef Frank has been cooking pizza in our wood fired pizza oven for about a year now and the pizzas just continue to improve. Last week, a couple born in Italy but living in rural Iowa, came in to enjoy our pizzas. They thought Frank’s pizza was
Read more →Our customers frequently tell us how special our wine is to them. One recently married woman said that her fiancé proposed to her over a bottle of Red, White, & Blue® and as a result, they drank a bottle of Red, White, & Blue® on the anniversary
Read more →When Tassel Ridge pours at tastings, we get lots of questions about where we are located and specifically, about where Leighton is located. Tassel Ridge Winery is located on 220th street just off State Highway 163. When people drive southeast from Des Moines, they will find 200th
Read more →Working in the vineyard during the last couple of weeks has required the crew to dodge a lot of rain drops. Rain in Iowa is usually accompanied by lightning and that makes a vineyard, with its miles of trellis wire, an extremely dangerous place to be. On dry
Read more →Red, White, & Blue®, Star Spangled White®, and Rockets Glare Rosé® are the three biggest selling Tassel Ridge wines. You can find them in almost every one of our nearly 400 retailers statewide. All should be well chilled and served while you enjoy the July 4th festivities,
Read more →We just received our rooted cuttings of Steuben and will plant these vines over the next two weeks. Steuben is a Vitis labrusca variety that is difficult to grow in most climates and really marginal in Iowa. But the grapes make a very nice sweet rosé wine
Read more →Released only a week ago, Iowa Cuvée 220 is a dry, light red wine with cherry fading to strawberry on the palate and a pleasant, slightly drying finish with light tannins. A blend of St. Croix, Marquette, and Frontenac grapes grown in our Mahaska County, Iowa, vineyards,
Read more →Here is a creative idea for a Father’s Day gift basket: combine a couple of his favorite Tassel Ridge wines with salsas, grilling sauces, and marinades from Stonewall Kitchen! Select from dry red wines (Tassel Ridge In the Dark or 2009 Iowa Marquette, for example), a lighter
Read more →Finalé Bonbons are once again available at the Winery. We offer two bonbons: one is dark chocolate covered and filled with a Finalé Raspberry cream filling and the other is milk chocolate covered and filled with a Finalé Blackberry cream filling. These bonbons are made for Tassel Ridge Winery
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