Polgoon Vineyard
Polgoon is dedicated to producing a range of artisan Cornish wines, ciders and juices on the family-run vineyard and orchard in Penzance, Cornwall. Yo
About the winery
We are a single estate vineyard and winery down in Penzance Cornwall. Producing a range of still and sparkling wines we also make cider and soft drinks too. We go right through to a finished wine with our ferments and really let the fruit do the talking. Our sparklings are produced with the traditional method and we use Pinot and Seyval Blanc.
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Location
Cornwall
History & Geography
After many years trading as fish merchants in Newlyn, John and Kim Coulson decided they needed a new adventure. After buying a run-down flower farm in Penzance and following some advice from Bob Lindo at Camel Valley, they decided to plant vines and create their own Cornish vineyard. From the very first wine harvest in 2006, Kim and John created the first Polgoon rosé and were subsequently awarded the Waitrose Trophy for Best Still Rosé in the UK. The next two harvests also won major national competitions but unfortunately, after these early successes, Polgoon suffered from bad harvests in 2007 and 2008 after enduring terrible Cornish weather conditions, leaving almost no wine… Determined not to be beaten, the Coulsons perfected a Cornish cider called Aval (Cornish for ‘apple’), a sparkling cider product made using the Methode Traditionelle, the same method used by French winemakers to produce their sparkling wines. Polgoon then added a further product to the range, Raspberry Av
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