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us and it’s a pretty big operation,” continued
Pollman. “They’ve been here for 15 years.
We talked to the owner and came up with an
idea to make coffee liquor.”
SMALL TOWN SUCCESS
As the original winery in Door County, the
Pollman family’s humble roots are firmly en-
trenched in Carlsville. Located in Sturgeon
Bay, a small city in Wisconsin, Door Penin-
sula’s involvement within the community is
of paramount importance.
“We’ve been around for a long time, so we’re
pretty involved with the community,” said
Pollman. “There are seven businesses here:
there’s us, the coffee shop, the Roadhouse – a
bar and restaurant, Harbour Village Camp-
ground and Shop’s Dairy, which makes us
ice cream. We got together about 15 years
ago and formed the Carlsville Business As-
sociation to help put Carlsville on the map
in Door County.”
Small town at its core, the 15-18 full-time
employees and 25 seasonal workforces are a
resilient bunch.
“We go feast, famine here in Door County,”
said Pollman. “June through October is cra-
zy busy. Holiday seasons busy, but once Janu-
ary, February, March, end of April hits, it’s a