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How Fawn Weaver became the first African-American woman to launch her own whiskey brand

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The owner of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey talks about how a pioneering Black distiller at Jack Daniel's led her to launch her own spirits label.
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How Fawn Weaver became the first African-American woman to launch her own whiskey brand

The owner of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey talks about how a pioneering Black distiller at Jack Daniel's led her to launch her own spirits label.

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Fawn Weaver’s Bold Move: Why She Hid Her Role as Uncle Nearest’s Founder

Fawn Weaver’s journey to building Uncle Nearest into a billion-dollar whiskey brand is one of resilience, sacrifice, and strategic maneuvering.To ensure the brand’s success in a historically exclusive spirits industry, she initially hid her title as founder and CEO, instead presenting herself as the company’s chief historian.Weaver’s interest in whiskey began in 2016 when she discovered the story of Nathan “Nearest” Green, the enslaved distiller…

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