Veritas Studio Wines

03/28/2026

It was bound to happen sooner or later….

Over the course of our life in Hell’s Kitchen as a community wine merchant, we (and I) have been invited to birthdays, bris’s, Easter and Christmas, New Year’s Eve (and Day), meeting parents and newborns and yes - a wedding. Celebrations of life, friends and families. But yesterday was a first, another celebration of life, the funeral of one of our oldest customers, Sophie Ge**er. Just shy of her 105th birthday, Sophie left us last week and was laid to rest yesterday. Her life was praised for its richness and her deep love for her children. The first member of her family to graduate from college, she had a professional career in pr and marketing as well as acting, singing and playing the piano. She performed well into her 90s and at the age of 102, wrote her own memoir, “The Trunk in the Attic; Memories and Musings of a 100 year old broad”. She survived cancer, heart disease and two cases of COVID and leaves behind two loving children. Her recipe for long life - “Find something to laugh about every day” which included sometimes laughing at herself.

We raise a glass to Sophie Ge**er - we will remember for the rest of our lives.

09/30/2023

Wine Club is back! With Fall comes a new Wine Club after taking the summer off. As usual, this month we will be presenting wines from a region you might not be too familiar with - Alsace. The region is located in far Eastern France along the border with Germany, the southern tip touches Switzerland, and for me - the wine most associated with this region is one of the hardest to pronounce - Gewürztraminer.

Since the 17th century, the region has passed between German and French control numerous times, resulting in a cultural blend. German traits remain in the more traditional, rural parts of the culture, as well as in the cuisine and architecture, whereas modern institutions are totally dominated by French culture.

Alsace is an important wine producing region for France. The wines of the region are mostly white, varietal wines - Sylvaner, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc and of course Gewürztraminer. For red, Pinot Noir dominates though it represents less than 10% of land under vine.

Not too long ago, I had the opportunity to speak with an Alsatian wine-maker from Pfaffenheim who was leaving a trade show with his luggage in hand - he was eager to get to the airport as the NYC COVID shutdown loomed. Being an “ad man” I wanted to know what the “Unique Selling Proposition” was for the wines of Alsace. The question must have grabbed him, because he stopped in his tracks, put his luggage down and thought for a moment.

Finally, he said, “The wines of Alsace are for the curious wine-lover.” And bid me “adieu”.

I have not seen him since, but that said, we’re welcoming back Wine Club and the wines of Alsace - the wonderful wines in the tall bottles which I know you will enjoy and invigorate your curiosity in wine.

Eleonore, Crémant d’Alsace, Extra Brut, 2018
Joseph Cattin, Pinot Blanc, 2021
Domaine Allimant-Laugner, Pinot Noir, 2021

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09/25/2023

It is time for another Natto wine pairing - this time - we pair French Onion soup with a healthy dollop of Natto under the cheese with a skin-contact Serbian Furmint from Baša Vino. Soup and wine are hard to match but this soup is more stewie than soupy. I must say, the Natto maintained all of its special characteristics and matched well with the complex nature of the Furmint. The wine is a standout and aptly went head-to-head with the aggressive salty flavors of the soup. This was another success but the difference was, where with past dishes, the Natto usually replaced an ingredient - here it was added. A wonderful and easy dish and a wonderful wine to boot. Delicious!



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09/22/2023

Time is winding down - voting ends today in the W42ST Magazine “Best of” competition. Your vote for Veritas Studio Wines is a nomination for us being the best RETAIL shop in Hell’s Kitchen. We have always been the only wine shop to become a finalist three years running - thus de facto - Best Wine Shop. You need not vote for other categories in order to vote, so no worries - just think Veritas Studio Wines for Best Retailer. Let’s win it this year! Voting is open until midnight today! Thank you… Stay tuned.

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09/15/2023

Happy New Year - and to make it sweeter for Veritas Studio Wines, please vote for us in the W42ST "Best Of" competition.

Every year we’re nominated for W42ST Magazine “BEST RETAIL” of the neighborhood. But three years running we have lost to one of two gift shops. We have always been the only wine shop to become a finalist - thus de facto - Best Wine Shop. We work hard to be who we are for the community and we will continue to do so. Please vote for Veritas Studio Wines for Best Retailer. You need not vote for other categories in order to vote, so no worries - just think Veritas Studio Wines for Best Retailer. Help us win it this year! Voting is open until midnight on Friday, September 22, 2023 please don’t wait. Follow the link and thank you!!!!

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09/13/2023

There are all sorts of wines - Pizza wine, pasta wine, burger wine….. This is a burger wine.

Les Vignes Herbel, “Oser” 2020, 500ml - not a full bottle but perfect for one. Pineau d’aunis, Grolleau and Cabernet Franc. Fruit comes from Le Domaine du Verger, an organic and biodynamic domain expanding over 17-42 hectares Anjou. Grapes are hand-harvested and fermented in neutral oak with wild yeasts, given one month of maceration on the skins with some punchdowns. The wine is aged for 12 months in neutral oak and then spent 6 months in bottle. Unfined, unfiltered with a touch of SO2 to help it get across the pond.

This is a fun little wine, perfect with a burger - and this case - bison provided by one of our customers. Bison is very flavorful - but even ground, a little chewy to be honest. We’ll do a bolognese sauce next time

The “Oser” is a cool, chill-able wine that is perfect with a burger or a pizza - very fresh with an interesting group of grapes, each on their own provides a unique experience. Come try the Les Vignes Herbel, "Osser" 2020. Spicy, plummy, blackberries, a touch of smoke. Great stuff.

And, please don’t forget to vote for us in W42ST “Best of” competition in the RETAIL category. Follow the link below or go to our bio. No need to vote for categories you don’t know.

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09/11/2023

It is that time of year again - the W42ST Magazine “Best of” competition. Though we have never won our category, “Best Retailer” - we have always been the only wine shop to become a finalist - thus de facto - Best Wine Shop (more like favorite wine shop). We work hard to be who we are for the community and we will continue to do so. Please vote for Veritas Studio Wines for Best Retailer. You need not vote for other categories in order to vote, so no worries - just think Veritas Studio Wines for Best Retailer. Let’s win it this year!

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09/07/2023

Please join our friend Dan Schneider as he hosts “First Mondays on a Thursday” - a Networking Event to benefit the Writers and Actors Strike. The event will take place at Gossip Bar located at 733 Ninth Avenue from 7p-9pm. Show your WGA, SAG/AFTRA card and you’ll get a free drink on “Ramblin’ Rose”. See you there!

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09/02/2023

We love wine. All sorts. But we do not covet wine. There is too much really good wine out there to worry about selling (and drinking) one wine or another. I read about wines from time to time, but I am more Socratic, and would rather have someone tell me about a wine, talk about it and of course taste it. So I was looking over one of our wine partner’s portfolio list - which is focused on sparkling wine - and I noticed one of these wines I had read about and tasted recently at a friend’s home - no prices - just the note “Just Arrived”. I asked about it - and low behold, we’ve received some.

Champagne Suenen Oiry Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs MV, 100% chardonnay the wine includes 50% reserve wines and offers up inviting aromas of sweet orchard fruits, dried white flowers, baking spices and fresh bread. Medium to full-bodied, racy and vibrant, with a fleshy core of fruit, excellent concentration and lengthy finish. It is terrific from who I am told is one of Champagne’s new stars.

The origins of Suenen date back to the late 1800’s when Suenen ancestors moved to the Cramant area. Wine became a part of the family tradition when great grandfather Marcel and his wife Simone decided to bottle and sell a single vat of Blanc des Blancs. Likely one of the first Grower Champagne produced. The family trade continued with sons, Bernard and André. Then in the 1950’s Daniel was born and with son Aurélien, Champagne Suenen really started to flourish.

Aurélien took the helm at Suenen in 2009 and has since refocused and adjusted the family holdings as well as the bottlings under the Suenen label. He currently is only bottling Blanc des Blancs Champagne however, just like his great grandfather.

Chalk soil, fermented in neutral oak and enamel lined vats - ambient yeast - aged 9 months in neutral oak and concrete egg and 2 additional tears on the lees in the bottle. A mere 1000 cases made - 2g sugar, very dry, unfiltered and unfined.

I suspect our “luck” has as much to do with the fact that I think that we like each other - the importer and Veritas - and less to do with the volume of wine we purchase.

We’re lucky to grab some bottles and I hope you have the chance to buy and try yourself. Though “Just arrived” will soon be, “Out of Stock”, we’re in line for more next year!

Cheers and let me know if you want me to hold a bottle for you.



Suenen Champagne Transatlantic Bubbles

08/28/2023

RUN DON’T WALK!

One of our customers, Kat Nardizzi, is in a show you cannot miss!

Lighthouse: An Immersive Drinking Musical is Off-Broadway after a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2022.��This critically acclaimed Irish-American musical comedy written and composed by Emmy® winner Jacklyn Thrapp, founder of Thrapp Theatrics. Lighthouse pays tribute to the most important thing that got New York City through the coronavirus pandemic: alcohol. The laugh out loud comedy follows the journey of a female bar owner and her customers as they try to find light in the dark of the pandemic.
�“The Scotsman” praises the “rowdy and rousing” musical full of original drinking songs, Irish step dancing and FREE SHOTS.��The interactive element isn’t confined to the free shots the cast hand out - if you sit in the front row you might be pulled up on stage to play background bar patrons,” critic Rory Ford wrote in the Scotsman.��In Scotland’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this musical was honored as “Emerging Talent” in the program and listed as a “last minute must see” show by the Edinburgh Evening News, praised as “comedic genius” by the UK’s Moreish TV and applauded for its “Broadway-caliber singers” by The Dramatist Magazine.

Run don’t walk to the Soho Playhouse - to see the #1 Off Broadway show on “Show Score” - now through the end of September.�



SoHo Playhouse, Inc.

LIGHTHOUSEAN IMMERSIVE DRINKING MUSICAL Lighthouse: An Immersive Drinking Musical is making its Off-Broadway debut after a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2022.This critically acclaimed Irish-American musical comedy written and composed by Emmy® winner Jacki Thrapp with additional ...