But the owner has another NEPA winery already in the works…
There’s a particular kind of quiet that settles over a place after its final night, not dramatic, not poetic, just the stillness of a room that once had a pulse. Chairs left where the last guests pushed them in. A faint echo of live music that ended only days earlier. A bar wiped down for the last time.
That’s the scene at 600 Main Street in Stroudsburg, where The Renegade Winery has officially closed after nine years as one of downtown’s liveliest, most welcoming, and least pretentious gathering spots.
No more wine flights drifting past the old J.J. Newberry windows. No more open-mics spilling onto the sidewalk. No more pre-Sherman Theater stop-ins for “one quick glass.”
The tasting room is dark now. The sign is still up, but the momentum that once charged through that corner has finally slowed to a stop.
Yet, like many things that fade out on Main Street only to reappear somewhere else, slightly evolved and newly energized, Renegade’s story hasn’t ended. It’s simply moving.
Nine years, one unusual legacy…
When Renegade opened in late 2016, it skipped the vineyard-on-rolling-hills narrative that most wineries rely on. Instead, owner and winemaker Britton Detrick built an urban tasting room in the heart of downtown, a scrappy, creative, barrel-stacked space that proved a winery didn’t need sweeping scenery to work. It needed people.
And people came.
- After-work regulars who treated the bar like a neighborhood extension.
- Bachelorette groups who turned the corner table into home base.
- Local musicians who appreciated a stage that respected the performer as much as the performance.
- Folks who didn’t even like wine but liked being there.
Renegade became part of downtown Stroudsburg’s soundtrack, a place that helped give Main Street its recent sense of revival.
And then, one simple announcement…
In late November, the winery posted a brief message: “Dear Renegades… we will be closing our doors at the end of this month.”
No blame. No drama. No explanation beyond gratitude.
The reaction was immediate. Social media filled with tributes, old photos, farewell toasts, and last-call visits. People stopped in for one more glass. Musicians played the final sets. The staff poured the final flights. And when the doors finally closed, the building went still, another empty storefront waiting for whatever comes next on Main.
But Renegade didn’t disappear; It evolved…
Almost as soon as the closure was announced, the next chapter appeared:
Grange Valley Estate Winery, opening soon in the Mount Pocono area.
A new name. A new space. A more traditional estate-style operation, but led by the same team that built Renegade’s identity from scratch. Job listings are already up, the new Facebook page is active, and early engagement from local groups shows genuine excitement around the project.
This isn’t a vague idea or a hopeful rebrand. It’s a clear move toward something larger and more rooted, shaped by the same hands that made an urban winery work in downtown Stroudsburg for nearly a decade.
As for the Renegade label itself, bottles remain in circulation through existing wholesale partners, at least for now, though how the branding will evolve under the new estate remains to be seen.
What downtown Stroudsburg lost…
Main Street didn’t just lose a business. It lost one of the rare spots offering nightlife energy without the trappings of a bar, a place that balanced live music with conversation, wine with approachability, and community with ease.
Spaces like that aren’t easy to replace. Stroudsburg has momentum, but losing a cultural anchor still leaves a bruise. Something will eventually move into 600 Main, as it always does, but Renegade had a fingerprint that won’t be easy to mimic.
What comes next?
Renegade Winery has closed. That chapter is complete.
But Grange Valley Estate Winery is on the horizon, carrying forward the same spirit, the same team, and the same stubborn refusal to do things the usual way. It won’t be Renegade 2.0, and it shouldn’t be, but it’s growing directly out of the soil Renegade loosened.
The last glass has been poured on Main Street. The next one will be poured in Mount Pocono. And if this team’s track record says anything, it’ll be worth the drive.
