Here are some Pocono wineries you can check out perfect for a day trip to the countryside.
Blue Ridge Estate Vineyard & Winery
Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday - Wednesday; 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Thursday - Saturday; 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Sunday.
Info: 239 Blue Ridge Road, Saylorsburg, 610-896-4205, blueridgeestatewinery.com
Satellite tasting room and shop located at Crossings Outlet, 1000 Premium Outlet Drive. For hours call, (570-629-4650
Eagles Rest Cellars
Hours: noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; noon to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Info: 188 Eagles Rest Lane Cherry Valley, Stroudsburg, 570-242-3224, eaglesrestcellars.com
In the first few moments of the documentary, “Blue Ridge: The Randy Detrick Story,” the camera pans onto the lush green vines on the grounds of his Blue Ridge Estate Vineyards and Winery in Saylorsburg.
“A grape truly is sunlight turned into wine. That’s what it is. The sun hits the leaf, the leaf takes that energy turns (it into) sugar, the sugar then migrates from the leaf into the berry,” Detrick says into the camera. “It is the art of turning sunlight into wine. A vine will give you back whatever attention you give to it. If you treat that vine very well, that vine will give you such great grapes.”