Starting her wine career as sommelier at The American Club Resort in Kohler, WI, and later Wine Director for a growing restaurant group in Milwaukee, Jaclyn then tried her hand at wine wholesale with a boutique wine distributor and worked with the Midwest Wine School to teach WSET classes in Milwaukee and Chicago. She also co-authored The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Wine & Food Pairing and worked as a wine and restaurant consultant. In 2011 she was named "Top New Somm Great Lakes Region" by the Guild of Sommeliers. She then finally took the leap in 2012 to open her own boutique wine, craft beer, and fine foods shop called Vintage Elkhart Lake. She achieved her WSET Diploma in 2016.