The Best Wineries & Breweries in the Pocono Mountains
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The Best Wineries & Breweries in the Pocono Mountains

January 6, 2025

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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01

Mountain View Vineyard, Winery, Brewery & Distillery

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A rare all-in-one operation producing wine, craft beer, and spirits on the same Stroudsburg farm property, with a full restaurant, live music, and sweeping mountain views from the outdoor patio. Few venues in the region combine all three — wine, beer, and spirits — under one roof, which makes it a strong choice for a group with varied drink preferences who don't want to visit multiple stops. The full restaurant and regular live music turn it into a legitimate evening-out destination rather than just a tasting room.

Known For: Apple Pie Moonshine

Wine, Beer & Spirits On-SiteFull RestaurantLive Music & Mountain Views
02

Pocono Brewing Company

A Swiftwater taproom and restaurant brewing small-batch craft beer on-site, with a full kitchen menu and a patio that stays busy through the warmer months. The combination of on-site brewing and a genuine kitchen menu makes it a reasonable dinner stop as much as a beer destination, and the patio is a popular spot to linger on a warm evening. It's a solid, lower-key alternative to the region's bigger-name breweries.

Small-Batch Craft BeerFull Kitchen MenuOutdoor Patio
03

Sorrenti Family Estate Winery

A family-run winery and distillery on a working Saylorsburg farm, with an on-site pizzeria, extensive tasting flights, and vineyard views that make it a popular stop on the Pocono wine trail. Being a working farm as well as a winery and distillery gives it a genuinely agricultural feel, with vineyard rows visible from the tasting room, and the combination of wine, spirits, and on-site pizza makes it easy to turn a quick tasting into a full afternoon. Extensive flight options make it a good stop for a group wanting to sample broadly before committing to bottles.

Family-Run Farm WineryOn-Site PizzeriaVineyard Tasting Flights
04

Barley Creek Brewing Company

One of the Poconos' longest-running craft breweries, pairing house-brewed ales and lagers with a full restaurant menu in a rustic, family-friendly setting near Camelback. The brewery's tenure in the region gives it a well-established, reliably good lineup of house beers, and the full restaurant menu means it works as a complete meal stop rather than just a tasting. Its proximity to Camelback makes it a natural apres-ski or post-adventure-park stop for a group already in the area.

Long-Running Pocono Craft BreweryFull Restaurant MenuFamily-Friendly
05

Ritter's Winery & Cidery

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A working farm winery and cidery near Lake Ariel producing fruit wines and hard ciders from apples grown on-site, with a tasting room that keeps a genuine farm-stand feel. The focus on fruit wines and hard ciders, rather than traditional grape wines alone, gives the tasting menu a distinctive regional character built around what actually grows on the property. It's a lower-key, more rustic stop than some of the area's larger wine-trail destinations, which is part of its appeal.

Farm-Grown Fruit Wines & CidersOn-Site OrchardFarm Tasting Room
06

Wallenpaupack Brewing Company

A downtown Hawley taproom brewing small-batch beer a short walk from Lake Wallenpaupack's shops and restaurants, with rotating seasonal releases and a regularly changing tap list. Its downtown Hawley location makes it easy to combine with a day of shopping or dining in the same walkable area, and the rotating tap list means regular visitors are likely to find something new each time. Small-batch brewing keeps the lineup more experimental than what you'd find from a larger regional producer.

Downtown Hawley TaproomRotating Seasonal ReleasesWalkable to Lake Wallenpaupack
07

Bright Path Brewing

A multi-generational, locally owned Jim Thorpe brewery specializing in low-ABV, session-style ales, with a taproom in the historic district and a rotating food truck out front. The focus on session-style, lower-alcohol beers makes it a good stop for an afternoon of steady drinking without the effects of higher-ABV craft beer, and the rotating food truck means there's usually something to eat on-site without needing to plan a separate meal. Its historic-district taproom location makes it an easy add-on to a Jim Thorpe shopping or dining day.

Known For: Session Ales

Session-Style AlesHistoric District TaproomRotating Food Truck