WINE BAR OPENS AT WORLD'S 1ST ROOFTOP VINEYARD IN BROOKLYN

Jun 16, 2016

(WABC) - Two Brooklyn millennials have created one of the most unique places to grab a drink this summer in New York City. Rooftop Reds, the first commercially-viable rooftop vineyard in the city, has added a wine bar at its restaurant in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

"What we've developed up here...is really this urban oasis, this urban wine experience," managing partner Devin Shomaker said.

The wine bar opened a few weeks ago, selling wines from the Finger Lakes region. The building is a remodeled structure that was once used for airflow for the building. More than 3,500 square feet of synthetic turf, which surrounds the vineyard, is set off by rows of hammocks overlooking the Brooklyn and Manhattan skylines, as well as beer garden tables and awnings, great for groups to gather and share a bottle.

The focal point of the nearly-15,000 square foot space is, of course, the vineyard. The rooftop of building 275 is lined by 42 state-of-the-art planter boxes.

"These actually mimic an 8-foot panel in a vineyard," winemaker Chris Papalia said. "Just imagine going to a vineyard, picking out one panel of grape vines...and cutting it right out of the ground, lifting it up, and we've, you know, placed it right on a rooftop."


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