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 ...
Farm Credit Mid-America says Uncle Nearest owes it more than $100 million in unpaid principal and interest. The company says the actions of a former chief financial officer are to blame. Uncle Nearest ...
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 ...
The Nearest Green Distillery in Tennessee has been placed in the hands of a receiver after a federal judge ruled in favor of Farm Credit’s petition to remove Fawn and Keith Weaver from operating it ...
Fawn Weaver, founder and CEO of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, launched the Nearest Green Legacy Scholarship Fund for Green’s direct descendants, and is paving the way for other BIPOC founders. “I ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate Dingwall is a Toronto-based sommelier and drinks writer. Brown-Forman BF.B ’s Jack Daniel’s Distillery and the Nearest Green ...