History & local legend
Cherry Valley Vineyards in Saylorsburg, now known as Sorrenti Family Estate, is associated with a ghost called Henry. In the story circulated by the Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau in 2004, Henry owned a barn on the property and lost his animals when it burned. He died a few months later.
People connected his lingering presence with doors opening in the farmhouse, lights behaving unexpectedly and footsteps on the floor above. The reports gave the ghost an ongoing role around the property without supplying a surname or a date for the fire.
The barn-fire story remained part of the winery’s reputation when Ghost Detectives investigated it for an episode aired on November 11, 2017. The Sorrenti family’s winemaking history there began in 1981, giving the older place-name and the present estate name a shared setting.
Sources
- Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau, Cherry Valley Vineyards legend published by the Pocono Record, October 30, 2004
- Ghost Detectives, producer’s episode guide to the vineyard and barn-fire investigation, aired November 11, 2017
- Ghost Detectives, “The Haunted Sorrento’s Winery and Cherry Valley Vinyards,” season 8, episode 4
- Sorrenti Family Estate, operator’s history, former name and Lower Cherry Valley Road address
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge access guide independently places the winery beside the Ridge Trail entrance
