Inside the federal courthouse in Knoxville, more than three hours from Uncle Nearest’s Shelbyville headquarters, Weaver and a few Uncle Nearest employees, spirits industry experts and a score of ...
A new report paints a grim financial picture of Uncle Nearest, a high-profile brand named for an enslaved distiller. But its founder disputes the findings.
Uncle Nearest is making history as the fastest-growing Ameri­can whiskey brand ever, according to Forbes. As AFROTECH™ previously told you, Fawn Weaver serves as founder and CEO and established the ...
Founded in 2017, Black-owned whiskey brand Uncle Nearest has made a permanent mark in the alcohol world. The company’s name sake, Nathan “Nearest” Green, was a former enslaved Black man credited with ...
Fawn Weaver founded Uncle Nearest to honor the formerly enslaved master distiller who taught Jack Daniel the secret to making great whiskey. Seven years later, she owns the most successful Black-owned ...
Uncle Nearest paid the Guinness World Records $125,000 to have a 518-foot bar at its Tennessee distillery declared "longest bar in the world," according to a new court filing. The whiskey then ...