Duplin Family Favorites | Karen B

The staff of Duplin decided that we wanted to keep helping our customers learn about the different flavors of Duplin, but instead of asking you what you like, we'll share what we like! We are putting together special Duplin staff recommendations and are calling it Duplin Family Favorites because we know that the staff and our customers are all considered family in Duplin's eyes.

Create a Carolina Vice

When creating my recommendations, I thought about my family and how I've been missing spending quality time with them. We're a rather rowdy bunch, we harass each other endlessly and love to laugh. Unfortunately, our laughs have a very distinctive cackling sound and if we all laugh at once, it sounds like two dozen hens being stepped on.

Throughout the years, we've taken vacations together and have had the best times all gathered together. On one vacation, we discovered the cocktail Miami Vice; a delicious frozen concoction of Strawberry Daiquiri and Piña Colada. My mom seemed to always have a full glass, it was like one of those magic baby doll bottles that would fill up on its own.

One of our family customs is playing different games when we all get together, with card games being the most popular choice. We've played Hearts, Spades, Pounce; but our favorite is always Pinochle. We would have two games going, one group in the kitchen and one group in the dining room. Then the final round would be winners vs winners and losers vs losers to see who was the grandest one of all!

So, my Duplin Family Favorite is based on my family and a reminder of all of the fun times we've spent together. I wanted to recapture the fun of our vacation with a variation of the Miami Vice, which I'll call the Carolina Vice. Mix half a glass of Pelican Red Rush Sweetzer with half a glass of Piña Colada Sweetzer and tada! Carolina Vice! I personally prefer Summertime Strut with the Piña Colada mix, the dry light-bodied wine offsets the sweetness of the coconut and pineapple perfectly! I also picked two Duplin Woozies, so that your hands won't get cold from the frozen Sweetzer in your wine glass because I know you won't want to put your drink down. Last, of all, I had to throw in the Duplin Playing Cards - that's the perfect item for a perfect day with my family.

I hope my selection brings you as many happy memories as it did for me.

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