11 TV Hill: Maryland restaurants look to rebound post-pandemic Share Updated: 11:30 AM EDT May 23, 2021 Share Updated: 11:30 AM EDT May 23, 2021
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Show Transcript JASON: MOVING PAST THE PANDEMIC AND REOPENING MARYLAND. MORE MARYLANDERS ARE VACCINATED, AND THERE’S ANOTHER SIGN POST-PANDEMIC RECOVERY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. HELLO, EVERYONE. I’M JASON NEWTON. AND WELCOME TO 11 T.V. HILL. AS YOU KNOW AT THIS POINT, MARYLAND LIFTED ALL CAPACITY RESTRICTIONS ON INDOOR AND OUTDOOR DINING RESTAURANTS HAVE BEEN ADAPTING JUST TO KEEP THEIR BUSINESSES OPEN. RIGHT NOW, THIS LOOKS A HUGE WEIGHT OFF OF THEIR SHOULDERS. WE’RE OUTSIDE NOIR LOUNGE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY, ONE OF THE MANY RESTAURANTS THAT FOUND NEW WAYS TO SERVE ITS CUSTOMERS. TOAY, WE SPOKE TO OWNER COREY BROWN ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC, HIS PLAN, AND THE FUTURE. THANKS FOR MAKING TIME AND HAVING US OVER. I’M CURIOUS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE NOW TO SEE SOME LIGHT AT THE END
Just how does Naked Wines decide which producers to work with and invest in? How was it able to invest over $5 million in producers during Covid-19 and put together a Restaurant Rescue Case? Wine director, Ray O’Connor MW, explains all to Richard Siddle.
Even after all these years there is still some level of intrigue about how Naked Wines runs its business. Are those promises of investing upfront to help winemakers around the world, using money from the monthly subscriptions of its Angels, well, too good to be true?
If Ray O’Connor MW had been spokesperson for Naked Wines in recent years, rather than heading up its buying team, there would be a lot less questions to be answered.