Kimberly Jones is the owner & CEO of Kimberly Jones Selections (KJS), a wine broker and importer based in Napa, California. Kimberly is among the wine industry's most successful, passion-driven, and charismatic talents. As Robert M. Parker, Jr. noted:
"…With her skilled palate, limitless enthusiasm, and insatiable curiosity, she has assembled a portfolio of wines that is breath-taking in its diversity, value, and exquisite quality."
Kimberly grew up in Arkansas and earned degrees in physics and history. After completing her studies, she relocated to Los Angeles to work in the film industry and write screenplays. However, as she spent all her vacations exploring wine regions, she decided to pursue a career change.
First working for California brokers in 2000, she went out independently in 2003 and started Kimberly Jones Selections. Kimberly's big break in the wine industry was meeting David Phinney in the early 2000s in LA. He had just created one of the most successful wine brands ever: The Prisoner, which she added to her broad portfolio of high-end Napa Cabernets, Sonoma, French, and Italian fine wines.
In 2006, she traveled to the southwest of France and fell in love with a small plot of ancient, neglected vines in the small village of Maury in the Roussillon. She makes her 280-case limited Grenache/Carignane blend, Courier, from these 100-year-old vines with Jean-Roger Calvet of Thunevin Calvet.
She also works with Benoit Touquette for their Bordeaux wine "Arbalest," Anna and Mario Monticelli and Daniele Conterno for their Piedmont wine, "M.A. Monticelli," Pierre Gaillard for "Operation Dragoon" and Jean Michel Turgy for "Clotilde" champagne. She is co-owner of the Napa-based Cabernet "Patria" with Tony Biagi.
Today, Kimberly is best known for her sales and distribution skills, but her background in history and the relationship of wine regions to the past make her one of the most engaging people with whom to share a glass of wine. And hear a good story.