Veritas
Winery, a family business owned by Andrew and Patricia Hodson, opened for
business in June 2002; with the help of their daughter Emily they
have succeeded in consistently producing a range of complex and elegant wines.
The idyllic setting is easy to find but hard to leave, located just off I-64
at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The unique wines of Veritas are all of high quality, derived from vitis vinifera with the exception of one French hybrid. Our philosophy is to make wine with the classic, old-style principles of Viticulture and Vinification, at the same time using state of the art technology to capture varietal and regional character.
Wine-making is the domain of Andrew and daughter Emily, who are committed to capturing the varietal character of the grapes. After completing her Masters in Enology at Virginia Tech, Emily joined the family venture full-time. Emily puts the quality of wine above everything - constantly working on characterizing the terroir of the vineyards.
Although our name derives from the Roman historian, Pliny the Elder's observation: “In Vino Veritas” ~ “In Wine There Is Truth” - we believe that the truth in our wine is in our grapes. With that as her credo, Patricia takes responsibility for the year-round cultivation and care of the vines. She carefully monitors the grapes throughout the growing season, and only the best fruit is selected for the crush.
Youngest daughter Chloe is currently in Tasmania working with Dr. Richard Smart at the Coombsend Vineyard. She returns in late April and is set to graduate this May from the University of Virginia. She plans to work this vintage with the family and then move on to get her Masters Degree in Viticulture.
So come and visit! We invite you to take part in the essence of Virginia. Visit our vineyard, see how we grow our grapes, how we make the wine, and, finally, sit back on our sun-drenched deck, and enjoy the vistas and wondrous beauty of the Blue Ridge while tasting the fruits of our labor - the fruit of Virginia - captured for you in our luscious wines.
