A native Oregonian, Kelsey is an avid traveler and grew up visiting Napa Valley with her family.  It was during one of these trips at the age of sixteen when she developed her love for the area and knew she would one day live here full time.  After graduating from Pepperdine University with a Broadcast Journalism degree, life took a detour and Kelsey moved to Dallas, Texas.  She spent eight years working with top developers, including Four Seasons, Post Properties & Faulkner USA, consulting on condo projects from concept to closing.  For several years Kelsey also worked at Best Cellars, a small Dallas wine shop, learning wine.  She found herself enrolling in U.C. Davis viticulture correspondence classes and the Guild of Sommeliers Intro course and after successfully completing both, knew it was time to move back to the West Coast and follow her passion. 

On one of those family trips to Napa in 2006, Kelsey met Justin Hunnicutt Stephens while tasting at D.R. Stephens Estate and was introduced to HUNNICUTT.  Since then she has enjoyed the wines at many family gatherings and now has the best of all worlds, representing the wines nationwide and enjoying life in Yountville.