News RSS



Earth Day With Tidewater Grain

Celebrate the Earth with Tidewater Grain Co. and Pamlico County FFA! Mark your calendars! Tidewater Grain Co. is teaming up with PCHS FFA to celebrate the earth, raise money for the FFA, and beautify your garden! Stop by the Tidewater Grain Co. Mill (located at 570 Callison Rd. in Oriental NC) on Saturday April 20 from 10am to 2pm to stock up on your favorite Tidewater products and take home rice hulls for all your gardening needs. All it will cost you for the hulls is a small donation to the FFA to cover the cost of loading. A small price to have a wonderful, eco-friendly addition to your garden and to help the future of agriculture!  The Future Farmers of...

Continue reading



Oriental Boat Show 2024

We here at Nautical Wheelers are excited to invite you to join us for the annual Oriental In Water Boat Show and Nautical Flea Market. This event will be held April 12th-14th. This event will be held at the Oriental Marina and Inn.  Come out and experience The Best Small-Town Boat Show in America, with so many fantastic vendors, and obviously, to see all the boats! The team at Nautical Wheelers is excited to be running a booth where we will be joined by the rice farmers from Tidewater Grain Company. Tidewater Grain Company grows their Carolina Gold Rice just a few miles down the road from Nautical Wheelers and the boat show itself!  Of course, we can't let the guys...

Continue reading



March Wine Tasting Recap

It was a beautiful weekend to taste some South African wines! Thank you to everyone who joined us and made these tastings wonderful. March 2024's tasting was led by Andy. who was (as always) such a treat to have. He brought six wonderful wines and his unparalleled knowledge of the regions and the wines produced there.  While the red wines are usually the biggest hit, it seems everyone was gearing up for Spring. Everyone showed a lot of love for the Nomoya Chenin Blanc, the perfect white for a light spring meal. With notes of apple, melon, and honeycomb, there is a lot to love here!  Some confusion arose with our second choice, Journey's End, "Reign of Terroir" White Blend...

Continue reading




2024 South Africa Trip

We are pleased to announce that there is a 2024 Trip to South Africa planned for September 8th - 19th. The trip is designed to begin in Franschhoek exploring the winelands of South Africa, visit Cape Town and end with a Safari at Live Life Safari's. Read more about what they offer here.  The wine events may change a bit if there is a conflict with a winemaker but every wine event in the last 2 years has been excellent. Andy Woolgar will be hosting all of the winelands events sharing his knowledge and sharing the wine farms that he represents. Most of the wine farms do not have public tasting rooms so it is quite a treat to visit and taste with...

Continue reading