Sonny Wells wine festival (map)
The United States push silicon valley most of the city is to ShengDaKeLaLaXian inside. One of the sonny Wells city has a long history, is one of the oldest cities in the silicon valley, history and silicon valley's capital city of SAN jose par. Early silicon valley was a wasteland, the Spaniard arrived here in the 18th century built churches, and reclaimed. The earliest farm and house is built in this wine section of the site. To founder murphy father and son named murphy road is a wine merchant's booth location.
Silicon valley landmark building fruit pattern of the water tower is located in the city of sunny Wells. It have a story: the area was kind of wheat, because import tariff and soil degradation and other reasons, then will not forget it. In 1871, James angstrom Dawson established the first fruit canning factory. Fruit agriculture and canned soon became the county's main industry. At that time, everywhere is orchard. In the last century, from San Francisco to the country to buy fruit, do not have to go to California in valley area, south to sonny Wells can pick the cherry. In 1886, SAN jose and trade commission said ShengDaKeLaLaXian as "garden of the world". In 1904, as food processing and the development of science and technology, here to start production of dried fruit, and two years later, built the first a fruit packaging plant. Factory logo is the water tower. Today, the fruit pattern of the water tower is still in the factory site, silicon valley has become the significant signs. In the shop to buy silicon valley card, can see photos of the water tower.
Sonny Wells wine festival origin
Sonny Wells wine festival has been held the 38, the sonny Wells for chamber of commerce. Chamber of commerce was founded in March 1906, the early founder Martin murphy organized a group of successful businessmen together, is for the purpose of promoting the community economy, help small businesses expand business, strengthen urban construction. Their vision and dedication to let this city has a strong vigor of the economic community. In addition, they also issued reward outstanding business women's murphy award and reward excellent teachers school districts of the goddess Athena award.
Many famous high-tech company headquarters are based in the city, such as: yahoo, AMD, Juniper, etc. In addition, there was a murphy airport, is the U.S. national aerospace center predecessor, up to now is also important air base and research institute. The golden gate bridge in San Francisco the annual steel fighter flight performance is to take off here. Not long ago just arrived at Mars scientific exploring "curious number" is in this space center of control.
A food tasty wine and music art feast
In such a profound historical background, sunny all Wells wine festival caught everyone's eye. Usually the wine section includes the following content: the first is the local breweries from various kinds of wine, especially a limited supply of organic wine, the wine is very valuable, because most in the supermarket are can't buy. Each wine booths have at least 4 wine (chardonnay, d ernie wine, cabernet sauvignon, black pinot), spend $5 can taste one, Since then stuffed fresh beer. I saw Hefeweizen and white beer, we are making now drink, popular, and some booths sporadic visible Margaret wine and champagne, etc.
The most interesting thing is come from more than one hundred countries artists painted on the spot and sell their works of art, glass, ceramics, sculpture, root carving, miniascape etc., also have different styles of painting works, and the portrait. Other exhibits category many, including indoor decoration supplies, jewelry, fashion shoes and hats, etc. The world is full of various ethnic characteristics of handicrafts full of beautiful things in eyes, I was surprised to see a Chinese paper-cut and seal cutting.
Antique auto show also nots allow to miss. Silicon valley plute people love collection of famous old many people find a treasure everything is not difficult, ferial rare antique car, all can enjoy here.
Since and so close to the space center, natural that they have also set up booths, independent in the booth outside the tent, print the space shuttle pattern of the pavilion attracted many children, inside besides displaying various aerospace products, have a lot of popular science knowledge space images. The children can also play video games, and even have free sprung castle to play.
Jazz performance is the wine festival highlights. The weekend just two days, to 10 band, among them are some amateur, usually is an engineer, researcher, of the job extrusion time rehearsal, event of festivals or other occasions went out performance. There are also some humanistic is a professional learning music, because single by music can't make money survival, have to spare time to read some computer course, and finally at ordinary times by writing software, singing play music instead into a dabbler.
In a word, here's the band, professional and amateur had perfect harmony, confound with each other, this also is the one big characteristic of the silicon valley it.
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