MEET OONA
We’re chefs and friends committed to elevating everyday experiences with excellent food and wine.
Team Oona
Pierce Abernathy
Founding Partner
Kentucky-born chef, video producer, model, and co-founder of Aerthship, a food sustainability collective. Creates plant-based, ingredient-focused, and tantalizing ASMR recipe videos. Profiled in New York Magazine and High Snobiety.
Alexis DeBoschnek
Founding Partner
Catskills-based chef, host, and author of To the Last Bite (2022). Develops locally sourced, peak-season, and friendly recipes for home cooks. Featured in Bon Appétit, Food52, The Kitchn, TODAY, BuzzFeed's Tasty, and Food Network.
DeVonn Francis
Founding Partner
Virginia-born chef, artist, and Founding Director of Yardy World, a celebrated event studio. His multidisciplinary practice centers Caribbean and black and brown queer narratives in food. Featured in Netflix’s High on the Hog, LA Times, and Bon Appétit.
Natasha Pickowicz
Founding Partner
California-born chef, writer, and author of More than Cake (2022). 4-time James Beard Foundation Award finalist. Former pastry chef at Café Altro Paradiso and Flora Bar in NYC. Featured in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Wall Street Journal, and Food & Wine.
Colu Henry
Founding Partner
Hudson-based chef and author of Back Pocket Pasta (2017) and Colu Cooks (2022). Champions home cooks with her elegant yet approachable recipes, drawing from her “molto Italiano” heritage. Frequent contributor to the New York Times and Food & Wine.
Daniel Teweles
Founder & CEO
Midwest born and globally bred, Daniel has spent his career leading some of our time's most innovative ideas, brands, and movements from niche success to the global mainstream. His work has been covered in hundreds of top-tier press outlets worldwide.
OUR APPROACH
The good life.
We spend our days developing new recipes, hosting dinner parties, savoring wine, and generally ensuring our community is well fed and inspired.
We hope Oona is the perfect addition to your weeknight routine, weekend outing, or any other occasion that calls for a single serving of excellent wine.
OUR THOUGHTS
On Wine
We’re humbled to partner with wine growers and makers around the world to bring you unique, food-friendly, and truly excellent wines. You can expect that everything we sell is made with respect for the land and people who grew the grapes, is legitimately unique, and is limited edition.*
OUR PHILOSOPHY
On Food
The magic of a great wine-and-food pairing never fails to delight us. And so, we’re excited to introduce you to some of our favorite snacks, at no extra cost to you.
Each snack pairs especially well with its companion Oona wine, starting with BjornQorn Earth (itself a pairing of nutritional yeast and black truffles) and our Barbera Rosé.
We’ve also created custom recipes for our wines — each recipe is a love letter to what’s possible, an invitation to experiment with our wine and your palate.