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The Salinas Valley (Spanish: Valle de Salinas) [1] [2] is one of the major valleys and most productive agricultural regions in California. [3] It is located west of the San Joaquin Valley and south of San Francisco Bay and the Santa Clara Valley.
The Salinas Valley, fondly nicknamed the Salad Bowl of the World, offers up much more than just agricultural bounty and scenic beauty. Rock climbing, museum tours, wine tasting, cattle drives, and shopping are all just a sampling of the wealth of activities that can be found here.
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The city is located at the mouth of the Salinas Valley, about eight miles (13 km) from the Pacific Ocean, and it has a climate more influenced by the ocean than the interior. Salinas serves as the main business, governmental, and industrial center of the region. [12]
What to Find in Salinas Valley: Lush Fields, Good Wine and, Yes, Steinbeck. 73. A vineyard in the Santa Lucia Highlands near Salinas, Calif. Jason Henry for The New York Times. By Shivani Vora....
I’m standing at the edge of an artichoke field at Pezzini Farms, the first stop on Evan’s Ag Ventures tour of the Salinas Valley. The farmlands in this 90-mile-long coastal valley south of Monterey are some of the most bountiful in California, earning the nickname “salad bowl of the world.”
Salinas is the capital of the Salinas Valley, which has long been known as "The Salad Bowl of the World" for its fresh produce, and is also renowned for its flowers and vineyards. More recently, the region is emerging as a world hub of agricultural technology.
A blend of coastal breezes and warm sun of Salinas Valley makes wine tasting Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Cabernet Sauvignon a special treat.
Salinas, city, seat (1872) of Monterey county, western California, U.S. It lies in the Salinas Valley just east of Monterey Bay. The site, at a crossroads on El Camino Real (the old Spanish trail between San Diego and San Francisco), was settled by Elias Howe in 1856 and became a cattle centre.
Just as in Burgundy, Napa and other prominent wine regions of the world, California’s Salinas Valley is a patchwork of vineyards that spreads from the lowlands to the mountainsides, with a handful of small towns running down its spine. These are home to dozens of restaurants that nourish the wine industry’s many players, serving vineyard ...