Wexford is famous for its strawberries, with roadside huts popping up each summer. Anthony has fond childhood memories of picking them in fields among rows of straw — long before most commercial strawberries were grown in polytunnels. While polytunnels are efficient, many berries today are cultivated in grow bags pumped with artificial fertilisers for yield rather than flavour.
At Fat Tomato, we grow three varieties of strawberries outdoors along the edges of our polytunnel. Elsanta is the familiar crowd-pleaser, producing large, juicy fruits. Ostara is a long-cropping variety with a flavour reminiscent of wild strawberries. And then there’s the Queen of the Valley alpine strawberry, a tiny, dark, highly aromatic variety once found in hedgerows and woodlands across Ireland. Wild strawberries are a rare treat — darker in colour, smaller than supermarket berries, and as intense as raspberries in size and flavour.
This cordial is made with our Queen of the Valley and Ostara strawberries, fragrant rose petals from the garden, a pinch of Wexford sea salt, and organic Verna lemons sourced through the CrowdFarming platform. CrowdFarming connects us directly with small-scale organic citrus growers along the Mediterranean — many second- and third-generation farmers who continue traditional cultivation with care for their land.
The result is an intensely fragrant cordial with a unique balance of fruit and floral notes. Unlike syrups, cordials contain both citrus and a little sea salt, which heighten and stabilise their natural flavours. Over time, they may gently ferment, creating tiny natural bubbles. Simply give the bottle a shake before pouring.
Presented in a glass cork bottle, on its own or wrapped in illustrated paper that tells the Wexford and Irish food story, and elegantly packaged in our signature black box.
Wexford is famous for its strawberries, with roadside huts popping up each summer. Anthony has fond childhood memories of picking them in fields among rows of straw — long before most commercial strawberries were grown in polytunnels. While polytunnels are efficient, many berries today are cultivated in grow bags pumped with artificial fertilisers for yield rather than flavour.
At Fat Tomato, we grow three varieties of strawberries outdoors along the edges of our polytunnel. Elsanta is the familiar crowd-pleaser, producing large, juicy fruits. Ostara is a long-cropping variety with a flavour reminiscent of wild strawberries. And then there’s the Queen of the Valley alpine strawberry, a tiny, dark, highly aromatic variety once found in hedgerows and woodlands across Ireland. Wild strawberries are a rare treat — darker in colour, smaller than supermarket berries, and as intense as raspberries in size and flavour.
This cordial is made with our Queen of the Valley and Ostara strawberries, fragrant rose petals from the garden, a pinch of Wexford sea salt, and organic Verna lemons sourced through the CrowdFarming platform. CrowdFarming connects us directly with small-scale organic citrus growers along the Mediterranean — many second- and third-generation farmers who continue traditional cultivation with care for their land.
The result is an intensely fragrant cordial with a unique balance of fruit and floral notes. Unlike syrups, cordials contain both citrus and a little sea salt, which heighten and stabilise their natural flavours. Over time, they may gently ferment, creating tiny natural bubbles. Simply give the bottle a shake before pouring.
Presented in a glass cork bottle, on its own or wrapped in illustrated paper that tells the Wexford and Irish food story, and elegantly packaged in our signature black box.
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