O2Y

Rare gems waiting to be discovered!

O2Y is a wine négociant based in Poligny in the heart of the Jura with limestone cliffs to the east and south. O2Y is named after the trio who started it - Olivier Guala, Yves Roy and Yoshi Nori, a Japanese resident of France.

Olivier and Yves met at the Lycée Viticole in Lons le Saunier during winemaker training, whereas Yoshi left his native Japan where he worked as a carpenter, and moved to France to learn about natural wines. They use grapes sourced from their home region of the Jura, as well as from Beaujolais, Alsace, and the Côte Catalanes, with all the vinification and élévage taking place in their shared cellar in Poligny.

Alongside O2Y, Yves now has his own winery called Nøvice and Yoshi works for Emmanuel Houillon at the famed Domaine Overnoy. Yoshi and Yves, talented winemakers in their own rights, are each responsible for their own cuvées, but the winemaking and overall philosophy is unified in their passion for unsulphured and unmanipulated wines that show a sense of place, passion, and joie de vivre. Olivier, with his vast contacts with winemakers and growers across the country, manages the sourcing of grapes.

Driven both by a passion to explore other regions and varieties, as well as by the reality of wildly inconsistent yields in the Jura today, the wines are a vehicle for the trio to express their passion and explore winemaking through new and often unique avenues.