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 ...

In response to the ruling that her whiskey brand, Uncle Nearest, will be placed under a receivership, CEO Fawn Weaver took to social media to tell followers that she and the brand are still going ...

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 ...

Almost two months after the company fell under a receivership, Uncle Nearest’s prospects for success look “very good.” On Wednesday, October 1, Receiver Phillip G. Young Jr. filed a report in the U.S.

On Tuesday, Tennessee whiskey brand Uncle Nearest announced the release of a new expression: Nearest Green Tennessee Whiskey. Nearest Green clocks in at lower price ($29.99) and proof (84) points than ...

A new whiskey distillery with a special place in American history will open its doors to the public in Tennessee in September. The company, called Uncle Nearest, honors the first known African ...

Federal judge orders receivership of Uncle Nearest due to $108M loan default. Court cites $24M in misrepresented inventory as key risk to loan security. Weavers may stay involved in brand marketing to ...

Uncle Nearest was the fastest growing whiskey brand in the country. It was bringing home awards from international competitions as it rocketed toward a $1 billion valuation and certified “unicorn” ...

A federal judge has ordered that Uncle Nearest be placed in receivership, after a lender claimed the company’s finances are in disarray. Uncle Nearest whiskey was named for Nearest Green, an enslaved ...