Behind CEO Fawn Weaver's whiskey brand is the story of Nearest Green, a formerly enslaved Black man fondly known as Uncle Nearest. Uncle Nearest was a pioneer of distilling Tennessee whiskey, and also ...

For the eight years it has been on liquor store shelves, Uncle Nearest has capitalized on the personal brand of its founder and CEO Fawn Weaver, who created the company to honor the legacy of the ...

It was once deemed the fasted growing whiskey brand in the country. Now, the fate of Uncle Nearest and its owners are up in the air after a lawsuit has rocked the spirits world. Now that shocking ...

previously told you, Uncle Nearest whiskey brand, founded by Fawn Weaver and her husband, Keith, has been opposing a court order that placed them under receivership in August 2025. This decision ...