Rooftop Reds
Sometimes I am absolutely amazed at the strange situations I get myself into. Like when I decided to check out Rooftop Reds one day after work and ended up wandering around the Brooklyn Navy Yards for an hour; inside old abandoned buildings, up and down strange stairways sometimes leading to nowhere. Let's just say I got pretty lost trying to find this place but when I finally did it was absolutely lovely. Welcome to Rooftop Reds- the first commercially viable rooftop winery in NYC. As you can see there are lots of vines growing up here. The two guys behind this place have developed an urban planter system which will make the production of a completely Brooklyn vintage of wine possible. Ever think you'd being drinking wine and staring at a view of the Brooklyn Navy Yards sign at the same time? Neither did I. While the first harvest won't be ready until October 2016 the current wines sold at Rooftop Reds are from their Finger Lakes vineyard and a few ...