Rooftop vineyard in Brooklyn Navy Yard to debut new solar kitchen
Producing great food and wine while remaining carbon neutral
Rooftop Reds, the world’s first commercial rooftop vineyard, located at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, is debuting its solar-powered kitchen, an upgrade to its sustainability efforts that further pursues their goal of carbon neutrality.
The vineyard is also launching its summer food programming from a varied lineup of restaurants, chefs and culinary professionals, increasing the Navy Yard’s status as a destination as well as an industrial park.
Rooftop Reds produces nearly a dozen different wines and is bringing viticulture, or wine-making, to urban agriculture To increase its renewable energy, Rooftop Reds has tapped fellow Brooklyn-based technology company Pavilion to install solar fabric installations on their pergola (an archway consisting of a framework covered with trained climbing or trailing plants).
This will allow Rooftop Reds’ food and event programming, including weekly movie nights, to become primarily solar-dependent during the height of the summer season.