Winemakers claim New York's first commercial rooftop vineyard

Millennial US winemakers have established what they call the first commercially viable rooftop vineyard in New York, hoping wine harvested from the Brooklyn Naval Yard will hit the market next year. The young wine enthusiasts intend to produce 300 bottles a year from 50 specially commissioned urban planters installed on the roof of an industrial building overlooking the skyscrapers of Manhattan. The first harvest will be picked in the fall in the latest headline grabbing venture at a Naval Yard