Simplicity is the great thing about the Moscow Mule cocktail recipe -- just three ingredients: lime juice, vodka and ginger beer. The spicy drink with a hint of tang over lots of crushed ice is easy to make and open to all sorts of variations like adding refreshing white wine.

Real Christmas is still six months away, but Duplin Winery is celebrates Christmas in July 2020 with big discounts on wine and holiday merchandise.

Whenever Duplin co-founder David Fussell Sr. got an idea, everyone knew it would turn into something unforgettable. So, when the consummate showman invited everyone to stomp grapes for Duplin’s first-ever batch of wine back in 1976, hundreds of people showed up. And folks still talk about what happened...