This starts with tasting and writing up profiles on wines. We have gotten labels ordered so that we will have them when we start bottling in January. We are cold stabilizing Brianna and Rockets Glare Rosé® and, in fact, are putting Mother Nature to work by putting
Read more →We have plenty of equipment that requires annual servicing and with the vineyard now snow covered, we are using our equipment sheds to get everything ready for pruning and fertilizing in the spring. Last week, we talked about the survivability of our cold-climate grapevines when it is
Read more →If your guests prefer sweet wines, Red, White, & Blue®, Star Spangled White®, and Blackberry Wine are all very popular. Red, White, & Blue is also available in cans which can provide some entertaining flexibility. White wine lovers like our award-winning Iowa Candleglow® White and Iowa Lace.
Read more →Working in the vineyard with 8 inches of snow on the ground is not possible so we will shift to indoor tasks until the snow melts. A major indoor project is to investigate ways of modifying our granular fertilizer spreader to deliver fertilizer only under the vines
Read more →2021 Iowa Reserve Marquette is a full-bodied dry red wine with cherry and plum aromas and hints of baking spice. Made from grapes grown in Iowa and aged in American oak barrels for two years, 2021 Iowa Reserve Marquette pairs well with grilled beef, seasoned chicken, or
Read more →We finished mowing the 35 acre Tassel Ridge Vineyard with our new Fischer under-vine mower. With this new machine, we can mow the grass-covered aisle between the trellises and simultaneously the strip under the trellis on both sides of the mower simultaneously. We have found that we
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It’s getting cold outside…Warm up with Tassel Ridge® Iowa Beef Nouveau paired with Tassel Ridge Iowa Nouveau! Iowa Beef Nouveau has savory flavors and flavors from the beef. Tassel Ridge Iowa Nouveau, a light, dry red wine, is the perfect wine to pair with the flavors in Iowa
Read more →After spending the winter of 1834–35 in Montrose, Iowa (near Keokuk, IA) 3 companies of United States Dragoons under the leadership of Lt. Col. Stephen W. Kearny passed northwest along the Des Moines River towards what is now, Des Moines. At what is now Ottumwa, they looked
Read more →We finished removing the acre of Sabrevois vines that were more than 20 years old. They were located in the northwest corner of the Tassel Ridge vineyard. We had not harvested fruit from those vines for more than five years. We then mowed the grass strips at
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Tassel Ridge Iowa Nouveau turns a French Dip into an Iowa French Dip! This warm, juicy beef sandwich gets an Iowa twist from the Tassel Ridge Iowa Nouveau used to make the au jus. With its light and fruity characteristics, Iowa Nouveau is a perfect ingredient in
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