Founded in 2012, OENO (ee-no) is owned by Amy Atwood, who also operates a wine import and distribution company, Amy Atwood Selections (launched in 2009), a company that champions sustainably produced natural and organic wines. With a long history in the wine world, she worked for 15 years at wholesalers and importers, during which time her passion for wine grew, as did her concerns about sustainability and the fact that organic viticultural and winemaking practices weren’t being employed at many of the larger operations in the industry. OENO sources fruit from top quality vineyards in Sonoma, California, and ferments and bottles it as natural wine under her strict specifications (pristine fruit, native yeasts and neutral oak) in Healdsburg.

Oeno is the ancient Greek word for wine, as well as the name of a goddess known for turning water into wine.