Justin graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a B. A. in 1998.  Soon after he began work for a commercial real estate firm in the San Francisco Bay Area.  After two years of spending almost every weekend with friends in the Napa Valley, helping at their wineries, Justin realized his true passion was the wine business.  Not one to waste time daydreaming, he made the decision to take the next logical step.

He moved to the Napa Valley and began learning the trade from the ground up.  Justin’s first job was working as a ‘cellar rat’ during the 2001 harvest at Miner Family Winery.  After Miner, he continued his wine business education taking viticulture and œnology classes and working for several other wineries — including Saddleback Cellars and Seavey Vineyards — in various capacities of production, sales and management.

In addition to his dedication to Hunnicutt, Justin is also the Managing Partner of D. R. Stephens Estate, a winery started by his father, Don R. Stephens, in 1996.

Justin is married to Seana Kendrick Stephens. Together they enjoy competing in the sport of triathlon in their free time and are the parents of Parker Hunnicutt Stephens, born June 10, 2008.