Cultureshift — Women-Owned

Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, the most-awarded Bourbon and American Whiskey of 2019, 2020, and 2021, announced today that its sales exceeded $100 million through October 2022, with an on-track forecast to more than double that total by the end of 2023. Its recently expanded 323-acre distillery has already welcomed more than 100,000 guests with that number increasing significantly every week. The company was founded by its CEO Fawn Weaver in 2017. She was then joined by Chief Business Officer Katharine Jerkens and, shortly after, Victoria Eady Butler, the great-great-granddaughter of the company's namesake, Nearest Green, and four-time Master Blender of the Year recipient. Last year, Uncle Nearest announced it...

Andréa McBride was a 16 year old living in foster care in New Zealand when she got a phone call from her biological dad in Alabama. He told her he was dying of cancer and wanted to do one last thing before passing: connect her to another daughter he had — her sister, Robin.

Ciara wants to change how you think about rum.  It’s not just for sugary frozen daiquiris on Spring Break, or that one time you had a punch after going sailing in the British Virgin Islands. A good rum can be for celebration, both major events and those everyday victories and milestones where you’re taking time to reflect on the moment. For the singer, songwriter and entrepreneur, that was planning out her first cocktail after breastfeeding her son Win for 10 months. “I had a classic mojito. It’s one of my go-tos, and it was really good,” she said, laughing. “Imagine, I was...