Pioneering estate in the Champlain Valley AVA debuts inaugural release alongside a groundbreaking membership model rooted in connection, discovery, and place
After years of quiet cultivation and limited private releases, Rolling Hills Estate Winery is opening its cellar doors to the public for the very first time. Alongside its inaugural vintage release, the estate is introducing the Genesis Circle—a reimagined wine membership designed to connect people more deeply to wine, land, and one another.
Founded in 2017, Rolling Hills was built on a simple but powerful belief that has defined wine culture for centuries: great wines should express the time and place in which they are made. But Rolling Hills’ philosophy expands beyond the vineyard, embracing a growing desire for meaningful experiences and authentic human connection.
For centuries, the world’s most celebrated wines have reflected terroir and vintage. Rolling Hills honors that tradition while evolving it—offering access through a new kind of wine club to small-batch, estate-grown wines from one of America’s most promising emerging regions, crafted with precision and care.
A New Kind of Wine Membership
The Genesis Circle is Rolling Hills Estate Winery’s reimagined approach to the traditional wine club—designed around access, experience, engagement, and taste, rather than tiers and transactions. It is an invitation to connect and embark on a journey of wine discovery and epicurean adventure together.
Designed for curious, engaged wine lovers, the Genesis Circle offers access to limited-production wines that few will ever experience, alongside immersive events that bring members closer to the craft. From private tastings and curated food-and-wine gatherings to intimate estate events and experiences in key cities, Genesis Circle members are part of an unfolding story. The joy of discovery is meant to be shared.
Members will enjoy:
- Exclusive access to limited estate wines
- Private and reserved-entry tastings and events
- Barrel tastings that reveal each wine’s evolution
- Personalized pairing guidance for at-home enjoyment
- Direct access to the winemaking team
Director of Winemaking Kyle Mizuno will personally host dynamic tastings—both in person and virtually—bringing an educational and highly personalized dimension to the experience. Because Rolling Hills wines are limited in quantity, members of the Genesis Circle are sometimes the only people who will ever have the opportunity to taste these wines.
The membership is driven by taste, not tiers. That means no membership fees or purchase minimums, priority access to wines, and an open invitation to join and help write a new chapter in wine appreciation. This membership transcends the classic wine club model, and offers the possibility of creating an epicurean community that embraces wine appreciation, pioneering viticulture, gourmet food, recreation, and travel.
Rolling Hills Releases Estate Wines
Previously reserved for a select group, Rolling Hills’ wines are now available to the public for the first time. The wines are available here.
Crafted from next-generation varietals that are still largely unexplored, these wines reflect both innovation and classic viticulture. Working in an emerging region allows for creative freedom, balanced by Mizuno’s foundation in classical, French-inspired winemaking techniques refined during his time in Napa Valley.
“These are untapped varietals—a blank canvas,” says Kyle. “Marquette offers depth and vibrant acidity for bold expressions. Petite Pearl brings floral aromatics and deep color. La Crescent is bright and tropical—it transports you. These grapes tell the story of this region in a way that’s entirely their own.”
A graduate of UC Davis, Kyle trained under renowned figures such as Philippe Melka, the late Michel Rolland, Heidi Barrett, and Aaron Pott, contributing to wines that earned 90+ point scores from leading critics.
Moving from Napa to the Champlain Valley felt like the next step in Kyle’s personal wine evolution, and an opportunity to help transform and shape a new winery and region.
“I was drawn to the Rolling Hills Estate Winery for several reasons,“ Kyle says. “It’s a new AVA, still undefined and growing, with exciting varietals that have not established wine styles. Plus, Rolling Hills offered the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to give back, truly connect with and build a community of wine enthusiasts, grow this region, and enhance New York winemaking.”
ABOUT ROLLING HILLS ESTATE WINERY
The 1,300-acre Rollings Hills Estate Winery is perched in northeastern New York’s Champlain Valley AVA, which was officially established in 2016.
Surrounded by the Adirondack, Green, and Taconic Mountains and bordered by Lake Champlain, the estate benefits from a uniquely balanced microclimate—cooling breezes in the summer and moderating warmth in the winter—ideal for cultivating distinctive, expressive wines.
