Tassel Ridge Winery won Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals at the recent Finger Lakes International Wine Competition in Upstate New York. The winning wines were: 2013 Iowa La Crescent―Gold 2014 Iowa Edelweiss–Silver 2013 Iowa Marquette Rosé―Bronze The Finger Lakes International Wine Competition is an annual event. It
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Iowa Frontenac Rosé is a light, fruity, semi-sweet wine with plum, cherry, raspberry and white pepper on the nose and cherry and raspberry on the palate. This wine is made entirely from Frontenac grapes grown in our Mahaska County, Iowa vineyards. It complements mild-flavored chicken, pork, and
Read more →Governor Branstad declared March 2015 Iowa Wine Month. Celebrate Iowa Wine Month by coming out to Tassel Ridge Winery for a tour, to taste our wine, visit our gift shop, or just to sit and enjoy a glass of wine for an hour or so with a friend
Read more →The Cellar Team attended to the final details for the next batch of Cranberry Wine and then got it filtered and bottled. This batch has a big cranberry nose and while it is very smooth on the palate, it has the cranberry punch on the finish that
Read more →Now that we understand how efficiently we will be able to prune with our V-Mech pruning system and also because of the recent high temperatures, we have shifted our vineyard crew to work on getting Meadowcreek and Newport Lane Vineyards ready for the V-Mech. That translates to
Read more →You are receiving this special E-newsletter because you listed Red/Dry wine as one of your interests. Join us for a very special dinner evening designed specifically to address the interests of dry red wine lovers. It begins with a visit to the Tassel Ridge Winery cellar where
Read more →Steuben is a light, fruity, semi-sweet, easy-drinking rosé with cherry and apple notes and just a hint of cinnamon on the nose and cherry and apple flavors on the palate with a slightly spicy, tangy finish. Made entirely from Steuben grapes, Steuben is perfect as an aperitif
Read more →Pruning has started in the Tassel Ridge Vineyards. Work started in our Marquette and La Crescent vines at Meadowcreek. We got a small start on some nice days in early February and then winter returned. We started back up about ten days ago when the weather started
Read more →This is the time of year that we are receiving regular shipments of Concord and Catawba juice. Because of the weather, it is pretty cold when it arrives so we have to let it warm up before we can inoculate the juice with yeast to start the
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