August Vineyard News

by Jo West on August 12, 2013

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To start off our first blog on our new website.  We have a lot of investment of time and money ahead of us to bring Polmassick vineyard back to what it was and to bring in some new varieties of vines in the coming Spring of 2014.

New plough and rotavator

Nick has recently taken delivery of his new plough and rotavator so of course he tried these out last Saturday!

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The soil will need to be treated before the new vines will be planted.  (Please look out for later Blogs!)  As always he has an audience in Millie and Jay our spaniels.

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Evenings are spent pruning.  Everything is a month behind this year but looking like a good crop.

Fighting a losing battle with disease in some of the older vines, but with continuous pruning and spraying, we will try to save what we can.

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Lilian &Barry Mann January 17, 2014 at 10:32 am

Looks really great,and a great deal of work involved.Good luck.

Old friends of your mom&dad

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John Corcoran and Family May 5, 2015 at 7:27 pm

Looking forward to visiting you when we are in Cornwall ,end of May to early June.The vineyard has always been a “must do” on our visits .Will enjoy sampling the wine,and will bring a picnic.

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Maureen & Michael Catterson August 17, 2015 at 10:44 pm

What else do you do with a wet Thursday in August? Enjoy a couple of glasses of polmassick wine and a scrumptious cream tea! Can’t ask for better! Thank you for your hospitality!

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Tony & Caroline July 13, 2017 at 9:53 am

Looking forward to visiting Polmassick. we have heard great things from our local friends so will see you soon I hope.

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Edward Slough September 7, 2017 at 3:41 pm

Thursday 7 Sept.
what a great afternoon , discussing wine etc. And playing with the spanuals (dogs). And tasting the wines was even better, Pip, Karen, and Jean and Eddie would like to thank you all for the informative views on wine by Josie.

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