UnWineding Judith Smelser, Orlando Wine Blog

The owner of Golden Hour Wine, a natural wine boutique in Orlando's Baldwin Park neighborhood, talks about her decision to leave her thriving wine and hospitality group in Upstate New York and start a new life as part of Central Florida's wine community.

Cherié Rivett, owner and CEO of Orlando-based Harvest Moon Distributors, talks about her unexpected journey into the wine business after a successful corporate career and shares some of the hard lessons she's learned along the way.

Mary Montalvo returns to UnWineding to talk about her decision to close her Sanford, FL wine bar, Luisa's Cellar.

One year after UnWineding launched amid a flurry of COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions, we check back in with the three Florida wine industry professionals we followed through the first six months of the pandemic and hear how their lives have changed.

Nga Ly-Henschen, General Manager of Capa Steakhouse at the Four Seasons Resort at Walt Disney World, talks about falling in love with wine at Orlando's Eola Wine Company, dealing with the pandemic shutdown and reopening, and her dreams for the future.

Mary Elizabeth Howe was just 30 years old when she became North Florida area manager for Augustan Wine Imports. During the COVID-19 lockdowns, she found herself furloughed from the job she loved. But as with other challenges she's faced in her career, she saw the trial as an opportunity for growth.