If you like sweet wine but prefer a white, Star Spangled White® might be a great choice for you. It offers pineapple, melon, and pear on the nose and candied pineapple and pear on the palate. This wine is made entirely from Edelweiss grapes. Star Spangled White®
Read more →We got about one inch of rain on Saturday and a little less on Monday and because our vineyards are all well drained, this is all good as far as we are concerned. Of course, good drainage requires constant maintenance just like everything else does. In fact,
Read more →While the Cellar Team focuses on Red, White, & Blue® this time of year, they are also working on batches of American Pink Catawba, Blackberry Wine, 2013 Iowa Marquette, and a new blend of Robert Duncan. These wines will all be bottled before we start harvest. The
Read more →Rockets Glare Rosé® is a sweet rosé with cherry on the nose, bright red cherries on the palate, and green apple on the finish. It is a blend of Sabrevois and LaCrosse grapes grown in our Mahaska County vineyards. Rockets Glare Rosé is not only patriotic, it
Read more →Saturday, May 23 & Sunday, May 24 10:00 a.m.—6:00 p.m.—Saturday & 12:00—6:00 p.m.—Sunday Visit 11 Heart of Iowa Wine Trail Wineries, including Tassel Ridge Winery. Receive a different, beautiful, locally grown herb in a 4-inch pot and a recipe card at each winery. Tassel Ridge Winery will
Read more →All 800 pounds of rooted cuttings have arrived, and we will start this week to get them planted before they dry out. The planting actually starts at Maple Woods vineyard where we are replacing vines that died during the winter. We are not expanding our vineyards this
Read more →Red, White, & Blue® is our very popular traditional sweet, Concord based-blend with strong grape flavors reminiscent of grape jelly. People say it reminds them of the wine their grandfathers made on the farm. Others say it reminds them of grape juice…only it’s definitely an adult beverage.
Read more →The Tassel Ridge Winery Gift Shop offers some interesting wine-related wedding gift ideas for you to consider. Of course, our wines may be perfect for some newlyweds but maybe you are looking for something useful in serving or consuming that wine. Here are some ideas to consider:
Read more →Almost every Wednesday in May and June, the cellar crew, with help from others at the Winery, will bottle Red, White, & Blue®. This is the time of year that we build our inventory of this very popular wine. The reason is that we have tank space
Read more →We have finished pruning all of our vineyards, but in the process, discovered that some varieties in one of our vineyards are showing signs of damage from herbicide drift. This is the first time we’ve experienced damage from herbicide drift and we’ve gotten help from the experts
Read more →