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SHELBYVILLE, Tenn., June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today,
Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, the fastest-growing American whiskey brand in U.S. history and the most-awarded Bourbon of 2019 and 2020 worldwide, announced the formation of the Uncle Nearest Venture Fund. The $50 million fund was created specifically to invest in rapidly growing, minority-founded and owned spirit brands. According to Fawn Weaver, Uncle Nearest founder and CEO, it s by design that the timing of the announcement comes on the 100
th anniversary of the destruction of Black Wall Street.
Fawn Weaver, Uncle Nearest founder and CEO, and founder of the Uncle Nearest Venture Fund On June 1, 1921, an entire community of wealthy and successful African Americans was wiped out in a matter of hours. We are talking about 35 square blocks known as Black Wall Street, said Weaver. As an African American, learning about that history broke my heart because we, as a people, were really onto something in
Let s Celebrate International Tennessee Whiskey Day With Some More News Not the least of which is that itâs International Tennessee Whiskey Day! Tweet Share
Say what you will about the past session of the state legislature â at least they accomplished one semi-constructive thing: By a vote of 26-1, the Senate declared May 21 to be âInternational Tennessee Whiskey Day.â While Iâm not completely sure how a state legislature can declare an âInternationalâ anything, at least they were able to come together to recognize the importance of distilling as an industry in Tennessee. (Except for Republican Sen. Joey Henley of Hohenwald, who must still be bitter about failing to exempt tampons from the grocery component of the sales tax holiday in 2020, so he voted against the resolution.)
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