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SIMPLY Midwest wines from Tassel Ridge Winery Extraordinary LOOK! The Tassel Ridge Events Program is now Inside. See Pg. 20 Iowan Pop 04-11 4/19/11 3:17 PM Page 1 Sweet Summer Wines from Tassel Ridge® Chill! Sip! Enjoy! Red, White, & Blue® is a traditional, sweet Concord-based blend with strong grape flavors reminiscent of grape jelly. Red, White, & Blue is an outstanding sipping wine. It also pairs well with Asian and other spicy foods. Serve chilled. Star Spangled White® is a sweet white wine with pineapple, melon, and pear on the nose and candied pineapple and pear on the palate. Star Spangled White is a delightful sipping wine. It also pairs well with apple and pear desserts and blue cheese. Serve well chilled. 1681 220th St Leighton, IA 50143 between Pella and Oskaloosa on Hwy. 163 641.672.WINE �9463� www.tasselridge.com Winery Tours and Tasting: Mon�Fri, 9 a.m.�6 p.m. Sat, 10 a.m.�6 p.m. Sun, Noon�6 p.m. Tassel Ridge wines are sold at the winery and over 400 retailers in Iowa. For a complete list of retailers visit www.tasselridge.com/retail. Order wine by telephone at 641.672.WINE �9463�. We offer shipping within Iowa and to select states. Adult signature required for receipt of wine. The Sweet Wines of Tassel Ridge...Simply Extraordinary™ Contents 7 Departments 2 Employee Feature Derek Whittington & Steve Richardson 3 From the Editor Welcome! 18 Recipes Glaze for Easter Ham Made with Star Spangled White® & Star Spangled White® Cake 20 Tassel Ridge Winery Events 6 Spring 2011 22 Tassel Ridge Winery Restaurant & Retail Locations 26 From the Tasting Room Spring 2011 28 Test Your Wine Knowledge 12 Featured 4 Sweet Summer Wines: Chill, Sip, and Enjoy 6 A Frosty Flag Paired with Salsa and Chips Hits the Spot! 7 Tassel Ridge Winery Wins Medals in Four 2011 16 Competitions 8 Less is More 12 Chilly Challenges 16 Tassel Ridge Wines at the Easter Table Spring 2011 1 Employee Feature Meet the Tassel Ridge Team Steve Richardson workers who help with the work involved Steve’s passion for wine motivated his in growing 11 different grape varieties. enrollment in the VESTA program at Missouri State University in 2006. He In addition to managing our vineyards, received his Viticulture Diploma from Steve coordinates all of the Winery’s Indian Hills Community College in wine education activities. These include Ottumwa, Iowa in February 2008. wine classes, wine and food pairing events at the Winery, and selected wine Steve grew up in Burlington, tasting events away from the Winery. Iowa. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Involved in wine education for more University of Iowa with double Steve Richardson, Vineyard Manager than 15 years, Steve achieved Certified majors in accounting and finance and since 2007, is responsible for 59 acres of Wine Educator status with the Society a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown grape vines planted in four vineyards in of Wine Educators in December 2004. University Law Center. He engaged Mahaska County. He will supervise the He is an Adjunct Professor at Indian in the private practice of law for planting of an additional six acres this Hills Community College in their 30 years before beginning his year. Steve has one full-time assistant culinary arts program and is teaching viticulture and wine education and several seasonal part-time vineyard their Fine Dining Class this semester. career at Tassel Ridge Winery. Derek Whittington is a certified food safety manager, TIPS Winery’s commitment to produce trainer, and recently became a Certified excellent quality wines. In the Dark is a Specialist of Wine through the Society full bodied dry red wine that is both of Wine Educators. smooth and complex. Iowa LaCrescent is a semi-sweet white wine with Derek is passionate about wine and amazing fruit notes and a nice continuing his wine education. He is long finish. beginning to study for the Certified Wine Educator examination and is When he isn’t thinking about wine, also preparing to become a certified Derek swims, plays water polo, spends sommelier. The things that fascinate time with his wife and family, and Derek the most about wine are how engages in outdoor activities. Derek Whittington, Assistant Tasting diverse the wine world is, trying new Room Manager, has been a member grape varieties, and discovering how Derek grew up near Grand Rapids, of the Tassel Ridge Winery team for wines produced from the same grapes Michigan and graduated from the past 2½ years. He schedules and will vary from growing region to Grand Valley State University in trains tasting room workers, most of growing region. 2006 with a degree in geography and whom are part-time. Derek manages planning emphasizing in computer the merchandise sold in the gift shop, His favorite Tassel Ridge wines are In mapping. While in college, he worked our Facebook and Twitter presence, the Dark and Iowa LaCrescent. He feels as a restaurant manager where he and the Tassel Ridge Harvest Club. He both wines demonstrate Tassel Ridge discovered his passion for wine. 2 Simply Extraordinary From the Editor ello and welcome to the first SIMPLY edition of Simply Extraordinary, HMidwest wines from Tassel Extraordinary Ridge Winery. We plan to publish Simply Midwest wines from Tassel Ridge Winery Extraordinary quarterly. Our articles will focus on the cold climate grape varieties Editor in Chief Bob Wersen we grow, the wines we make from them, and the foods that pair with our wines. Writers Kari DeBruin We will include recipes and wine and Kim Northcutt food pairing ideas. Bob Wersen Each edition will contain the Tassel Ridge Photographers Jene Cain Winery Events Program for the coming Deb Hamilton quarter and a complete list of our retailers and restaurants. We will include Design feature articles on our most interesting retailers and restaurants. Deb Hamilton The Iowa wine industry now has 95 licensed wineries, about 75 of which Contributors Robin Maitre are open for visits by tourists. Our industry has grown from virtually Hannah Pothoven nothing in the early 1990’s. In addition to the wineries, nearly 1200 acres Steve Richardson Steve Schober of Iowa farm ground is now planted to grapes. Wine tourism is just being Sharman Wersen discovered in Iowa. Its rewards include an opportunity to see a basic food Printing product (wine) being created on the vine, in the cellar, and finally, as it Brown Printing Company is packaged. Tassel Ridge Winery is open seven days per week with the Publisher exception of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Days. Come and visit Tassel Ridge Winery us in Leighton, Iowa (between Pella and Oskaloosa) year around. Address 1681 220th Street By the way, if you have a special interest in wine and food pairing events, Leighton, IA 50143 keep us in mind. We offer multicourse dinners at Tassel Ridge Winery with Fax wines selected to complement each course. We have special events like 800.409.0082 grapevine wreath making, food preparation presentations by our chef, E-mail and “Girls’ Nights Out” with activities of special interest to ladies. We also [email protected] offer exhibitions of art by local artists and even art classes in both water colors and pastels conducted by accomplished local artists. Simply Extraordinary is published quarterly by Tassel Ridge Winery 1681 220th Street, Leighton, If this sounds like a magazine that you’d like to receive quarterly, please Iowa 50143. Issue 1, Spring 2011. All content sign up on our web site and provide both your postal and e-mail © 2011 Tassel Ridge Winery® and may not be addresses. Or, complete the subscription card found in this magazine. Our used, reproduced, or altered in any way without weekly e-letter will provide additional information about new wines and prior written permission. events added during the quarter. Both the magazine and e-letter are free of charge. Periodicals postage paid in Ames, Iowa and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send Best regards, change of address to: Tassel Ridge Winery, 2900 SE 5th Street, Ames, IA 50010. For subscription information: Subscribe online at www.tasselridge.com/join, provide your name and address by fax 800-409- Bob Wersen, CSW 0082 or email [email protected], or mail your Tassel Ridge Winery Founder and Owner information to Tassel Ridge Winery, 2900 SE 5th Street, Ames, IA 50010. Spring 2011 3 VINEYARD 4 Simply Extraordinary VINEYARD Sweet Summer Wines: Chill, Sip, and Enjoy By Bob Wersen arm weather and long Sabrevois grapes grown in our Tassel a wine expert to enjoy them…so chill days call for simple, sweet, Ridge Vineyard and La Crosse grapes well, sip, and enjoy! Wchilled wines with lots of grown in one of our other Mahaska fruit, a comfortable chair on a deck or County vineyards, Rockets Glare Rosé has balcony, and good friends. Star Spangled quickly become very popular. It will White®, Rockets Glare Rosé™, and Red, be in short supply in 2011. Simply sip White, & Blue® from Tassel Ridge® Rockets Glare Rosé chilled, or try it with Winery are white, rosé, and red your favorite spicy foods! wines that make warm weather more enjoyable. Red, White, & Blue is our best selling sweet wine. A Concord-based blend, Star Spangled White is a sweet white wine it is very reminiscent of the grape with fruit flavors that hint of pineapple, juice we drank as kids…but now, for melon, and pear. Made entirely from grown-ups, Red, White, & Blue is an Edelweiss grapes grown in the Tassel outstanding sipping wine! Several For special romantic events like Ridge Vineyard, Star Spangled White is of our customers have told us that engagements, weddings, and great well-chilled just for sipping, or it reminds them of the wine their anniversaries, Sweethearts Rosé is a sweet pair it with apple and pear desserts or grandfathers made on the farm.
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