Our guests reflect on the past six months of the pandemic and the podcast in UnWineding's Season 1 finale.

Florida's bars and restaurants are now allowed to open at full capacity, after the governor announced the state was moving to Phase Three of its reopening plan. Also, Disney has announced plans to lay off 28,000 employees, including at least 6,700 in Central Florida.

Florida's bars reopened for service this week, almost six months after the state first banned onsite alcohol consumption in a bid to slow the spread of COVID-19. And after six months of unemployment, one of our regular guests is finally back to work.

Melissa McAvoy of Orlando's Swirlery Wine Bar talks about her journey in the world of wine.

Florida's hospitality businesses are steadily reopening, and industry workers are relieved they're starting to find employment again, just in time for Labor Day.

Orlando sommelier, server, and bartender Christina Peebles talks about her journey in the wine industry.

Some Florida bar owners are turning to food licenses to get around a ban on alcohol service that has been in place almost continuously since mid-March, but business is slow to return. With bars still effectively shut down and more restaurants closing for good, prospects for the state's food and wine professionals is still shaky at best.

Rob Chase of Orlando's Digress Wine talks about his journey in the wine industry.

As Florida's slow summer season drags on, bar owners are still playing a waiting game, while state and local governments consider when it might be safe for them to serve drinks again. The state’s out of work bartenders, servers, and sommeliers face a financial cliff, now that the federal unemployment benefit has expired and the status of a presidential executive order reinstating it is unclear.

Florida regulators have started touring bars around the state, trying to find a safe way to lift the ban on onsite drink service without sparking a new spike in COVID-19 cases. Some struggling bar owners say they can't afford to wait much longer for the state to act.