The cap elevator on our bottling line has failed and while we work to fix it, we are delaying bottling, hopefully for just a week or so. This machine takes the screw caps from floor level and blows them up about 7 feet to the vibratory bowl
Read more →If you usually drink red or white wines, but would like to try something different, try a rosé wine. Tassel Ridge Winery offers nine different rosés with varying degrees of sweetness, ranging from fully dry to very sweet. Rosé wines are a nice compromise between red and
Read more →We will bottle another batch of Red, White, & Blue® this week and are getting ready to bottle four new vintages of wine: 2019 Iowa Marquette, Iowa In the Dark, 2019 Iowa St. Pepin, and 2019 Iowa Louise Swenson. The last two wines are white, and we
Read more →As of today, most vines have buds that have opened to the point that small leaves are evident. The warm air temperatures last week hastened that process. Now, we watch low temperatures like hawks. Any overnight temperature of 30°F or below is cause for concern. Pruning work
Read more →It wasn’t too many years ago that the idea of raising grapes in Iowa and making good wine from them was generally considered preposterous. It was generally accepted that grapes couldn’t survive our cold winters and ripen in our short growing seasons. But, since the late 1990’s,
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Beat the Heat Sangria has a variety of fruit flavors including cherry, pomegranate, pineapple and citrus. Tassel Ridge Iowa Candleglow® Red, with its flavors of cherry and plum, complements the cherry and pomegranate flavors and is a good balance for the citrus and pineapple in this recipe.
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Steuben is a light, fruity, semi-sweet, easy-drinking style rosé with cherry and apple notes and just a hint of cinnamon on the nose and cherry and apple flavors on the palate with a slightly spicy, tangy finish. Made entirely from Steuben grapes, it’s perfect as an aperitif
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This outstanding recipe for enchiladas has lots of flavor, and it cries out for a wine with some body but not a wine that will overwhelm the enchiladas themselves. Tassel Ridge Iowa St. Croix Rosé is a dry rosé with strawberry, raspberry, peach, and nectarine notes and
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This salad needs a wine that will complement the almond flavors without clashing with them. Tassel Ridge Iowa La Crescent offers some sweetness, so it works well with the almond flavors. A refreshing, semi-sweet white with tropical fruit, peach, pear, and grapefruit on the nose and tropical
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Ready for a sweet treat? This cake not only looks good, it tastes good too! Tassel Ridge Oskyfizzante Pink is an ingredient in the cake, and it’s also sweet enough to be the perfect pairing for this delicious dessert. Oskyfizzante® Pink is a sweet, refreshing, fruity, fizzy
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