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March Wine Tasting Recap!

Thank you to everyone who ventured into Spring with us this weekend at our monthly wine tasting event!  This month, we welcomed Heather Parnham of Johnson Brothers / Mutual Distributing. Friday night, our New Bern store had a lovely turn out and on Saturday in Oriental, on a beautiful albeit breezy day, every seat in the house was taken!  Heather a native Carolinian who was a "California girl" for almost a decade, started the tastings with a terrific champagne out of Sonoma County, California; Banshee, "Ten of Cups" Brut.  A real crowd pleaser, the bubbles had everyone smiling!  We "traveled" with Heather tasting wines from California, France, Italy and Spain with the overall favorite being the Renato Ratti Barbera, a fresh, fruity wine with cherries, lemon...

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March Wine Tasting Events

Andy Woolgar of Elephant's Corner Wines returns to Nautical Wheelers, bringing with him a taste of South African wines!  Join Nautical Wheelers and Andy on Friday, March 4th in New Bern from 5-7pm and on Saturday, March 5th in Oriental at 2 & 3pm. Those of you who have met and tasted with Andy in the past, can attest that his passion, knowledge and appreciation of South African wines is infectious!  Andy will be focusing on appropriate food pairings with the wines that we will be tasting.  For those of you joining Andy for the first time, you will not be disappointed!  Here's a sneak peek of the wines you can look forward to enjoying: White Squirrel. SAUVIGNON BLANC, Coastal...

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