Fermentations of Iowa Steuben, Sabrevois Rosé, and Sabrevois Special (temporary name for a new wine) are complete and we will rack these wines off the dead yeast cells and grape solids this week. We will do the same with two different batches of Marquette. We will chill
Read more →
Try a Turkey Panini with some new flavors…Brie, Poached Pear, and Arugula Pesto, and Tassel Ridge® Oskyfizzante® Cranberry. Cranberry is always good with Turkey, and Tassel Ridge® Oskyfizzante® Cranberry, a fizzy wine with great cranberry flavor, is the perfect pairing for a Turkey, Brie, Poached Pear, and
Read more →Now that all fermentations are finished, we are moving on to finishing wines and getting some ready for bottling. We’ve kept our Marquette in two batches in order to assess the differences in wine made from vines that were hedged and those that were not hedged. We
Read more →We are making progress in pulling mulberry trees from Tassel Ridge Vineyard. We have a lot to pull so this is going to take some time. We are also cutting off Edelweiss vines at Tassel Ridge Vineyard. We will use the suckers that come up from the
Read more →Our last wine to finish fermentation is Sabrevois and it is almost done. That is a big milestone for the season. We’ll be racking Foch, a batch of Petite Pearl, LaCrosse and La Crescent off yeast lees. Then, we taste and decide what the next steps are.
Read more →Our Edelweiss has produced a weak harvest for the past two years and it appears that the number of older vines in blocks A & B of the vineyard is part of the problem. Many of these vines have just one arm, others have died and haven’t
Read more →Cold nights are coming…warm up with Tassel Ridge® Spiced Cranberry Wine Punch! The cider and spices in this punch add nice flavors to the Cranberry Wine in this Tassel Ridge Spiced Cranberry Wine Punch.
Read more →Cranberry Wine packs a tart cranberry punch with a smooth and sweet finish. Serve it as an aperitif. Drink it with traditional holiday meals or enjoy it as dessert. Serve chilled. Tassel Ridge Cranberry Wine is available at the Winery and at some of our 450 retailers
Read more →On Saturday, we finished fermenting our La Crescent. We continued punch downs on some red wines in small open fermenters. On, Sunday, we added the lag nutrients to the Steuben and Sabrevois and started fermentation on Frontenac. We also racked the Edelweiss, St. Pepin, and Petite Pearl
Read more →We finished the 2020 harvest last week with the last of the Sabrevois and our small harvest of Steuben. We immediately thoroughly cleaned our Macrobins, the grape processing equipment we use seasonally on the crush pad, and trailers used during harvest and put them all away. This
Read more →