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Every brand, in the light.

Tennessee minority- and women-owned wine and spirits. If you're building a menu, a shelf, a story or a gift list, start here. Ask for them by name.

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Whiskey

Guidance Whiskey

Jason Ridgel · Nashville, TN

American craftsmanship, small batch. Life can be hard, whiskey should be easy.

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Tokaji

Gladys Wines

Caesar Harris & Jamar Dials · Memphis, TN

A Black-owned wine company from Memphis, bringing Furmint, Cuvée and Yellow Muscat from Tokaj, Hungary.

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Vodka

Fiyori Hemp Vodka

Clarence Darkwa · Nashville, TN

Five-times distilled, infused with organic hemp seeds. Minority-owned.

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2023 Red Blend

Twisted Sistuhs

Ogechi Anyatonwu · Tennessee

Member brand

2023 Bourbon Barrel Red Blend and Stay Twisted Moscato.

Fun, fabulous, fierce. Wine that turns a Wednesday into a moment.

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Bourbon

Reverence Bourbon

Mike Frazier · Nashville, TN

One of the first Black-owned bourbon brands in Tennessee. A Tennessee bourbon blended from barrels of two different ages.

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Tequila

Disbelef Tequila

Toriano Banks & Ralf Golden · Memphis, TN · Bottle photography to come

100% agave tequila, double distilled, rested at least 60 days in oak.

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Every brand with a record in the directory shows what we can verify and what we can't: historical founding records are labelled separately from currently verified brands. Sources are cited on every record.

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Still to land

One bottle, one ask.

Disbelef Tequila is on the shelf as its mark until bottle photography arrives. Send a shot to info@tmowsa.org and it goes up. Minority- or women-owned brand in Tennessee? The shelf has room.

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