Invitation to Wagyu Open Meeting, Tuesday 14th October 2025
We are pleased to invite you to an Open Meeting being held this coming autumn at the Tollgate Brewery on the National Trust’s Calke Abbey Estate on the Leicestershire/Derbyshire border on 14th October 10.30am – 2pm.
Tollgate Brewery
This is an informal ‘Open Meeting’ to learn more about the British Wagyu Association (BWA), who we are and what our future aims are. We also want to find out more about what you are doing with Wagyu and how the BWA might best support you in the future. All interested parties including breeders, producers, butchers, farm shops etc – whether currently BWA members or not – are welcome to attend.
When: Tuesday 14th October
Where: Tollgate Brewery, Southwood House Farm, Staunton Lane, Calke, Derbyshire, LE65 1RG
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
10.30-11-00 Arrival, registration, refreshments
11.00-11.30 Brewery tour
11.30-1.00 Presentations, Q&A
1.00 Pizza n Pint
1.30/2.00 Finish
We are hoping to have a full turnout of the BWA Board to hear your views. Please note, this is an ‘open’ event by invitation - all are welcome but we do need RSVPs in advance, please.
All expressions of interest to Richard Saunders info@britishwagyu.co.uk.
We look forward to seeing you in October!
Yours sincerely,
Jim Bloom, Chris Dickinson, Jess Edwards & Hugh Pocock (BWA Directors)
Richard Saunders (BWA Company Secretary)
RSVP to info@britishwagyu.co.uk by 30th September with the names of those attending