Marinated Chicken Skewers with Harissa Sauce and Tassel Ridge Rockets Glare Rosé® are a perfect combination. Harissa is a flavorful but strong seasoning, and Tassel Ridge Rockets Glare Rosé®, a sweet rosé with cherry on the nose, bright red cherries on the palate, and green apple on
Read more →We will start work this week to return the cellar to where things were located prior to resurfacing the concrete floors. The acid in the wine and the cleaning chemicals we use (Potassium Metabisulfate and Citric Acid) help us keep our tanks, hoses, pumps, and other equipment
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Cool down with Tassel Ridge Star Spangled White Sangria. Made with blueberries, strawberries, and star-shaped apple slices, it’s sweet, refreshing, and fun.
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Aerating wine is one of the best ways to “open up” or soften a big, full-bodied dry red wine. However, simply opening the bottle an hour before serving doesn’t expose the wine to the amount of air needed to have any real influence on the wine. To
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End your holiday celebration on a sweet, fruity note with Rockets Glare Rose Cake. Pair this moist, delicious strawberry flavored cake with a glass of Tassel Ridge Rockets Glare Rose and make dessert even more special.
Read more →We will bottle small batches of both Iowa In the Dark and the 2019 Iowa Marquette on Tuesday. We are getting the small batches of Iowa Louise Swenson and Iowa St. Pepin ready for bottling within the next few weeks. We are also working on another batch
Read more →Let’s explore the most important grape varieties grown in Iowa. The most important Northern Climate varieties are mostly hybrids between Vitis riperia and other native American grape varieties. Some Northern Climate varieties also contain a Vitis vinifera component. Vitis vinifera is grown in temperate climates and it
Read more →Iowa farmers have been growing grapes since the 1850s. Initially, grapes were grown around kitchen gardens for consumption by the farmer’s family. Gradually, farmers in both Southeast and Southwest Iowa were growing grapes for sale outside the State of Iowa. In Southwest Iowa, the grapes were delivered
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This Moroccan Inspired Chicken has spice from the cayenne pepper, and it calls out for a wine with fruit and body. Tassel Ridge Iowa St. Croix Rosé is the perfect match.
Read more →All of the vines in our vineyards are leafing out. Freeze alerts on Friday and Monday nights have our vineyard crew at attention because the tender leaves are subject to severe damage if the temperatures drop to 28°F. As of Monday, May 11, it is clear that
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