We made good progress with our Marquette vines but have a lot more to prune this week. We will take advantage of the good weather to make a first pass with the mechanical pruner and then return to manually pull out the longer canes and prune all
Read more →Enjoy the glimmer of spring with Tassel Ridge Carnitas Tacos Balance the sharp spices in these Carnitas Tacos with fruity notes in Tassel Ridge Iowa St. Croix Rosé.
Read more →Warm up with spicy Tassel Ridge® Blackened Turkey Burgers! These Blackened Turkey Burgers have big fire from the spices, and Tassel Ridge Iowa Candleglow® Red, a sweet, fruity red wine, will put the fire out!
Read more →While some Iowa winters are relatively mild, others are particularly severe with lots of snow and more important, extremely low temperatures. The winter of 2021 is certainly one of the latter. So, not surprisingly, we frequently hear the question: How are the grapes doing? The short and
Read more →This week, we will bottle Iowa Lace. This is a wine made from La Crescent grapes grown in our vineyards. Before we bottle, we will be doing a dissolved oxygen (DO) test to make sure that the DO level is as low as we want it. If
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Coconut-Lemongrass Chicken Bowls paired with sweet, fruity red wine take the blahs out of chicken! These Coconut-Lemongrass Chicken Bowls have rich flavors and spices, and the sweet, fruity flavors in Tassel Ridge Sweet Roxie Red® are a perfect pairing for those rich flavors and spices.
Read more →This week, we are bottling a second batch of 2019 Iowa Marquette as well as Iowa Candleglow® Red. We will bottle both wines on the same day because the 2019 Iowa Marquette run is only about 50 cases. That will take less than an hour to bottle.
Read more →Adam Nunnikhoven excels at demonstrating how we carbonate Oskyfizzante Iowa White and then put it in the bottle. His description of the carbonation tank as a pop can is striking considering that the tank is made of stainless steel and has a wall thickness of at least
Read more →This is a big week for bottling. We will bottle Oskyfizzante Iowa White on Tuesday and 2020 Iowa Brianna on Friday. When we bottle the Oskyfizzante wines, we have to wait for a day or so to apply the label and capsule. This is because both the
Read more →We have just released the 2019 Iowa St. Pepin and it is available only at the Winery. We have been making wine from St. Pepin for about 15 years however this is the first time, we’ve offered it as a varietal. Some people will say it resembles
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