From a working farm winery pressing its own cider to a Jim Thorpe brewery specializing in session ales, the Pocono wine and beer trail is more genuinely local than most guests expect. Here are seven stops worth building an afternoon around.
The Poconos' wine and beer scene runs almost entirely on small, family-run operations rather than tasting-room chains — a farm winery near Lake Ariel still pressing its own cider, a Stroudsburg property producing wine, beer, and spirits under one roof, a Jim Thorpe brewery that's stayed multi-generational and locally owned since it opened. None of it requires a special trip; most of these sit within twenty minutes of one of our destinations. Below are seven worth building an afternoon around, organized by which of our destinations they're closest to.
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