Part of the value of being in Napa County is having access to the equally remarkable surrounding areas When you are in Napa County, you are only a short drive away from an incredible amount of Northern California attractions, destinations, and cities

With 5 million tourists visiting every year, the only bigger travel destination in California than Napa County is Disneyland These amazing numbers of people come here mainly to tour the vineyards, but there are many other reasons to spend time in this area

Napa Valley is probably one of the most well-known American Viticultural Areas in the world, and receives over five million visitors each year Many of the wineries in Napa County have long rivaled those in Italy and France and have won prestigious acclaim, awards, and competitions including the "Judgment of Paris" and the "Grand European Jury Wine Tasting

Yes, Sonoma County of Northern California is indeed a virtual treasure chest packed to the utmost with a wealth of human history and their wide variety of cultures, their ethnicities, their traditions, their philosophies and their aspirations It would take many volumes of huge tomes to accurately depict their stories in detail

Before I go any further with this article, I would like to make sure that we are semantically on the same proverbial page and would, therefore, like to define a couple of crucial terms Agriculture is the science, the art, or the profession which deals with farming by cultivating the land and then growing and harvesting its crops as well as by feeding, breeding and raising livestock such as horses, cattle, sheep and poultry

Are you among the many others who hear of Sonoma County and immediately conjure up elegant images of clinking wine glasses Do your nostrils begin to twitch in anticipation of intoxicating aromas

Water filtration is the method of purifying water using specially designed equipment, or chemicals to make it safe for consumption Making water safe and healthy for drinking is a process that ensures that the final product is free of microorganisms that may cause illness

Water filters are used to purify water from sediment and toxic elements Filtration is an exercise that has been applauded and recommended by the United States Federal Regulations

Water filtration is the process of purifying water in order to remove unwanted solids, microorganisms, gases and chemical substances The water is passed through a medium which retains the solids and allows only water to pass through

It is true that San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge does not limit its boundaries to Sonoma County alone, but it would be gravely negligent of me to remain silent about its majestic existence along the north shore of San Pablo Bay just because it is shared with two other neighboring counties in northern California; Solano and Napa