A Black Whiskey Entrepreneur Will Help Bankroll Others Like Her
In 2016, Ms. Weaver, then a Los Angeles-based author and real estate investor, traveled to Lynchburg, Tenn., to research a potential book about Nearest Green, an expert distiller whose real name was Nathan. Mr. Green, while enslaved there, had mentored a young Jack Daniel. Ms. Weaver’s ambitions quickly grew; she persuaded Brown-Forman to formally acknowledge…