VeeFriends Announces Major Partnership with Johnnie Walker

Today, the iconic Scotch whiskey brand Johnnie Walker and its parent company DIAGEO have announced a marquee partnership with the VeeFriends NFT collection. The collaboration will include a luxury gifting experience for VeeFriends “Gift Goat” token holders, courtesy of Johnnie Walker. In addition, Johnnie Walker will host an activation at the upcoming VeeCon superconference.

Everything you need to know about the VeeFriends x Johnnie Walker partnership

VaynerNFT, the NFT arm of Gary Vee’s VaynerX creative and media agency, helped secure the partnership between VeeFriends and Johnnie Walker.

Significantly, this collaboration is one of many opportunities DIAGEO is pursuing as part of a larger Web3 effort. In essence, DIAGEO is looking to Web3 in order to expand the ways its customers across the globe can enjoy both their rare spirits and real-life experiences.

As Sophie Kelly, Senior Vice President of Whiskies at DIAGEO North America, noted:

“Web3 offers DIAGEO an opportunity to meet new communities and customers where they are in culture. It also offers an exciting new space to provide spirits enthusiasts with access to the most rare and collectible spirits in our portfolio.”

Not only that, but Kelly went on to add that this is just the beginning for DIAGEO in Web3.

“Our customers can expect to see more from us on this front as we look to Web 3 to release the most luxurious and sought after spirits we have to offer. Stay tuned.”

Johnnie Walker Partnership marks a milestone for the VeeFriends creator

To be sure, the partnership with Johnnie Walker is a major personal moment for VeeFriends creator, Gary Vaynerchuk aka Gary Vee. As many may know, Gary Vee got his start in social media vlogging with Wine Library TV. He began the YouTube series in 2006 while serving as Wine Library’s Director of Operations.

Vaynerchuk acknowledged the poetry of the situation in a statement, saying:

“Anybody that knows me knows that I grew up in the liquor industry. So if somebody told 22-year-old Gary that his NFT/IP project would be collaborating with the iconic Johnnie Walker Blue Bottle, he would’ve fallen off his chair.”

Lastly, he concluded by expressing his excitement “for the individuals that hold the gift goat NFT and for Johnnie Walker, the brand, to be embarking strategically and thoughtfully into the Web3 space.”

VeeFriends Gift Goat NFTs continue to provide incredible utility

As previously mentioned, these Johnnie Walker gifts will be exclusively for holders of the Gift Goat VeeFriends NFTs. In short, Gift Goat is one of the characters in the VeeFriends collection. What’s more, there are 555 Gift Goat tokens in total.

Gift Goat is one of the many VeeFriends sub-collections bearing its own unique utility. In this case, Gift Goat holders are eligible to receive at least six physical gifts per year, for three years. Evidently, those lucky holders will be receiving some limited edition bottles of Johnnie Walker Blue. Each bottle carries both the VeeFriends logo and the Gift Goat character, as well as a number out of 555.

VeeCon shaping up to be one of the biggest IRL NFT events ever!

Of course, Gift Goat holders aren’t the only VeeFriends community members who get to enjoy the Johnnie Walker partnership. On the contrary, all those in attendance at VeeCon will get to partake in a special Johnnie Walker activation. We are only about two weeks away from the first-ever edition of Gary Vee’s NFT and Web3 superconference.

VeeCon -the world’s first NFT-ticketed conference – has long been in the works as a primary utility for VeeFriends holders. To explain, all VeeFriends Series 1 NFT holders receive a free ticket to VeeCon for three years (2022, 2023, 2024).

With an illustrious lineup of confirmed speakers, the multi-day conference could easily end up being the highest-profile NFT event of 2022. Indeed, with Johnnie Walker and other big brands present, VeeCon is set to be quite the experience for VeeFriends holders, and anyone lucky enough to secure an NFT ticket.