Black-owned brands breaking barriers:
Uncle Nearest
Uncle Nearest is an award-winning whiskey and America’s fastest-growing whiskey brand led by Fawn Weaver and master distiller Victoria Eady Butler (left). The great-great-granddaughter of Nearest Green, Butler won "Master Blender of the Year" three times this year from Whiskey Mag, VinePair, and Spirits Business. Its CEO, Fawn Weaver, is also the first Black woman to run a major whiskey or spirit brand. She said it's her way of honoring the man known to some as the "godfather of Tennessee whiskey." Learn more here.SHOP NOWMcBride Sisters
Spirited (heyo) by Robin and Andrea McBride (left), McBride Sisters is the largest Black-owned wine company in the U.S. Beyond the wine itself – which consists of their inaugural Reserve Wines, SHE CAN spritzers, Black Girl Magic Wines, and their name’s sake collection – the McBrides have also established the She Can Fund, which provides professional development scholarships for aspiring Black, female leaders. Learn more here.SHOP NOWBrough Brothers
Started and owned by brothers Christian, Victor and Bryson Yarbrough (left), Brough Brothers is Kentucky’s first Black-owned distillery. Its signature bourbon is known for its golden honey color, medium body flavor and notes of green apple, pear, ginger and nutmeg. Learn more here.SHOP NOW