Veritas Winery was started by Andrew and Patricia Hodson in 1999. Born out of their love of wine and commitment to producing quality wine, Veritas has grown into a 24-year-old family business that is on the leading edge of the Virginia wine industry. With over 55 acres in the Monticello wine region, and producing a complex portfolio of wine ranging from sparkling to beautifully balanced red wines, Veritas wine quality starts in the vineyard, and the terroir of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Winemaker Emily Hodson, daughter of Andrew and Patricia, has been the winemaker at Veritas for over 15 harvests and continues to author the beginning chapters of a young and vibrant wine region. Her philosophy is simple - she strives to give each varietal natural, balanced expression by focusing on attention to detail and cultural practices. Her old-world principles of viticulture and vinification are met with her innovative take on winemaking using state of the art technology and principles to capture the true essence and character of each varietal.

Founders Andrew and Patricia Hodson met and fell in love in Nottingham, England while Andrew was a young Neurologist and Patricia was a nurse. Their careers brought them to the east coast of the U.S. in the early 1970s, where they stayed until settling in Florida in the 1990’s. After successfully raising their three children and and at the height of their careers they decided to take a leap of faith and pursue their passion, wine. In 1999 they bought Saddleback Farm, which at the time was a simple horse and cattle farm. Patricia saw the potential in the land and planted several acres of grapes with a wish and prayer. 

By 2001, they had their first vintage ready for production. That year, Andrew tried his hand at winemaking with great success and their love for the Virginia wine industry blossomed. Since then, Patricia and Andrew have worked tirelessly to expand on their vision, bringing Veritas into the world of events and the fine hospitality at the Farmhouse at Veritas. The business is truly a family affair as they have been joined by all three of their children in the running and development of the business.

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Our steel-fermented Saddleback Chardonnay is modeled after the “old world” style from Chablis, France.

Saddleback Chardonnay

Chardonnay

The wine is perfectly balanced with intense and concentrated fruit flavors that round out a rich opulent tannic structure.

Petit Verdot

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Monticello

Merlot

Cabernet Franc

Malbec

Rosé

Formerly known as Mousseux, Sparkling Rosé is a sparkling wine made in the traditional
method that is used in Champagne, where the second fermentation is completed inside of
the bottle to trap the bubbles.

Sparkling Rosé

White

Scintilla NV is a sparkling wine made in the traditional method, where the second fermentation is completed inside of the bottle to trap the bubbles. 

Scintilla

Our ‘primeur’ is a fruit driven wine with notes of redcurrant and bramble fruit. The wine has a short time in oak, which gives it a well-balanced mouth feel with the light oak character complementing the intense fruit characters nicely.  

Released early each year, Veritas Rose is a sure sign that spring has arrived. 

Cabernet Franc Reserve

For a very long time, this barrel fermented Chardonnay was called our ‘Harlequin Chardonnay’.  We used the word Harlequin because of the richness and complexity of the wine.

Reserve Chardonnay

Veritas Viognier embody the reputation of the unsurpassable Viogniers made in Virginia with varietal correctness and balance.

Viognier

This is the red wine in our Momentarius series of blends put together specifically for our Wine Club Members.  We are embracing and truly enjoying the concept of creating a forever evolving label that focuses on producing intellectual wines for our most devoted consumers. Momentarius means ‘momentary’ in Latin. These are wines that do not fall into categories and in small productions they only exist for a moment.  They are new ideas and practices that really lean on mother nature to guide us so that we can show her hand in the finished wine. These aren’t wines we can plan, these are ideas that are formulated based on what the sun, rain, dirt and wind of the vintage give us.  Momentarius wines are bottled for you to follow our ideas and reactive creativity.

Momentarius Red

A signature blend that is modeled after the great wines from St-Emilion in Bordeaux, France.  The result; a new world wine with old world charm.

Claret

This is the white blend in our Momentarius series of blends put together specifically for our Wine Club Members.  We are embracing and truly enjoying the concept of creating a forever evolving label that focuses on producing intellectual wines for our most devoted consumers. Momentarius means ‘momentary’ in Latin. These are wines that do not fall into categories and in small productions they only exist for a moment.  They are new ideas and practices that really lean on mother nature to guide us so that we can show her hand in the finished wine. 

Momentarius White Blend

Petit Manseng

Sauvignon Blanc

Veritas Sauvignon Blanc makes use of several clones to delivery crystal clear wines with mouth-watering freshness.

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