Top Great Taste Award for Northern Irish wild venison
Baronscourt Estate in Northern Ireland, which recently secured its
first significant business outside Northern Ireland from Queen's
grocer Fortnum and Mason, has been named as the Regional Golden Fork winner in the finals of the UK Great Taste Awards.
The company, based near Omagh in county Tyrone, won the Northern
Ireland regional award following its recent success in the Great
Taste Awards 2015 in which it won three-stars for wild Sika French
rack of venison and one-star each for venison loin and venison
sausages. The award was announced at the gala dinner for the 2015
Great Taste Awards.
Baronscourt's rack of venison was also the only Northern Ireland
product listed by the UK Guild of Fine Food's Top 50 Foods. It's thesecond year in succession that Baronscourt has featured in the Top
50 Foods.
Baronscourt Estate is the home of Ireland's finest wild venison,
situated in the foothills of the rugged Sperrin Mountains in County Tyrone. The herd of Japanese Sika deer were initially introduced into a deer park in 1751, but since 1920 they have existed wild on theEstate.
Baronscourt's Sika deer run free in the forests and woodlands on theestate's natural and nourishing flora and fauna. Throughout the
year they feed on succulent myrtle bog, ryegrass and tasty saplings which are naturally free of any additives or growth promoters.
Traceability is a key feature of the business. The venison is
prepared in the company's EU approved game handling facility.
Baronscourt wild venison is also a sustainable source of very lean
and succulent meat, having the lowest calories and cholesterol levels compared to any other red meat products.
first significant business outside Northern Ireland from Queen's
grocer Fortnum and Mason, has been named as the Regional Golden Fork winner in the finals of the UK Great Taste Awards.
The company, based near Omagh in county Tyrone, won the Northern
Ireland regional award following its recent success in the Great
Taste Awards 2015 in which it won three-stars for wild Sika French
rack of venison and one-star each for venison loin and venison
sausages. The award was announced at the gala dinner for the 2015
Great Taste Awards.
Baronscourt's rack of venison was also the only Northern Ireland
product listed by the UK Guild of Fine Food's Top 50 Foods. It's thesecond year in succession that Baronscourt has featured in the Top
50 Foods.
Baronscourt Estate is the home of Ireland's finest wild venison,
situated in the foothills of the rugged Sperrin Mountains in County Tyrone. The herd of Japanese Sika deer were initially introduced into a deer park in 1751, but since 1920 they have existed wild on theEstate.
Baronscourt's Sika deer run free in the forests and woodlands on theestate's natural and nourishing flora and fauna. Throughout the
year they feed on succulent myrtle bog, ryegrass and tasty saplings which are naturally free of any additives or growth promoters.
Traceability is a key feature of the business. The venison is
prepared in the company's EU approved game handling facility.
Baronscourt wild venison is also a sustainable source of very lean
and succulent meat, having the lowest calories and cholesterol levels compared to any other red meat products.