by Clare | Jun 1, 2019 | Local business
In 2018 The Times chose Mount Haven as one of its Top 10 Cool Hotels in Britain and it’s a well-deserved accolade for one of our favourite spots in Mount’s Bay. Room with a view! This 20-room boutique hotel is aptly named: its elevated position just...
by Clare | Mar 26, 2019 | Awards, Wine
In 2016 John Coulson, owner and winemaker at Polgoon, announced that he’d be planting 2,500 Sauvignon Blanc vines up in the vineyard. It raised a few eyebrows, there’s not much Sav Blanc grown in England and a Cornish Sauvignon Blanc was unheard of! Three...
by Christina | Mar 5, 2019 | Polgoon Team
To mark International Women’s Day 2019 we thought we’d take the opportunity to introduce you to the women who work here at Polgoon. Kim – OwnerKim planted the first vine at Polgoon in 2004 with her husband John (the winemaker). Fifteen years on, Kim is still...
by Clare | Feb 5, 2019 | Cornwall food and drink, Local business
From February, our wines will feature on the wine list at Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen in Cornwall. Our Seyval Blanc Sparkling white wine and our still Seyval and Ortega white wine have been selected by head sommelier, Elly Owen, who says of her wine selection:...
by Clare | Feb 1, 2019 | Local business
The Old Coastguard, situated in the fishing village of Mousehole, is one of our favourite places to eat and drink locally. This seaside hotel is just a ten minute drive from Polgoon Vineyard is perfectly placed near the beaches and gardens of West Cornwall, the Minack...
by Clare | Jan 14, 2019 | Pruning 2019
Pruning is one of the biggest jobs of the year at the vineyard. Here at Polgoon we’ve started pruning as usual in the first weeks of January. We’ll prune, clear and tie down around 14,000 vines in total. It usually takes us about 3 months to complete....
by Clare | Jan 9, 2019 | Cornwall food and drink, Uncategorised
Enjoy our Cornish wine from this spectacular, contemporary, seaside retreat perched on the cliffs of the Lizard Peninsula. From February this year all Polgoon wines, ciders and juices will feature on the drinks menu at the Polurrian Bay Hotel. Built in 1890, this...
by Clare | Nov 12, 2018 | Christmas
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here in the Polgoon Vineyard Shop. We’re busy preparing our delightful range of hampers for the festive season. We have hampers online , hampers in store and a hamper station where you can make your own (with a...
by Clare | Sep 12, 2018 | Harvest time
A VINTAGE YEAR The harvest of 2018 is set to be the best Polgoon has ever had! The fabulous, long, dry summer has made the quality of fruit exceptional and we’ve seen at least 50% more grapes on the vines, with much higher natural sugars in all fruit –...
by Clare | May 9, 2018 | Cornwall food and drink, Event, Summer 2018
The long summer evenings are almost here and we’re delighted to be able to share some of the food and wine events we have planned for the season of sun, sea and surf. FRIDAY 1 JUNE: WINE WEEK SUPPER Join us as at our Vine House as we celebrate English Wine Week...
by Emma Clunie | May 11, 2015 | 2014 vintage
A glimpse of what's to come. It’s what we’ve been anticipating all year and in a couple of weeks’ time we will all be able to drink our new 2014 vintage all together. Not only is this a new vintage release but Polgoon has had a brand new makeover. This along with...
by Emma Clunie | Mar 19, 2015 | winemakers tours & tastings
Easter each year marks not just chocolate eggs galore on the shelves in the Polgoon deli but the start of the Winemakers Tours. Tours are taken by either John my husband the wine and cider maker here or Ben my son. Ben has been away in South Africa working on a game...
by Emma Clunie | Oct 9, 2014 | Vineyard news
Happy October everyone! Although the weather has taken a turn for the cold on the peninsula, we are truly Cornish here at Polgoon and are still in our flip flops! We have had a tremendous summer and I don’t think we are quite ready to let it go. This has been the best...
by Emma Clunie | Sep 19, 2014 | Sparkling white wine
Polgoon's first Sparkling White Wine If there is one thing that we love more here at Polgoon than making wine, it is knowing that you enjoy the wine we make. We have been lucky enough at Polgoon to win awards with most of our wines and our new Sparkling White...
