- Boonville, California
Boonville is an
unincorporated town inAnderson Valley in Mendocino County,California .Located convert|115|mi|km north of
San Francisco , Boonville is best known as the source of theBoontling folk language. Bottles from the localAnderson Valley Brewing Company are labeled with the motto "It's bahl hornin'," which means "It's good drinkin'" inBoontling .An Alsatian Varietals wine festival is held at the fairgrounds each February. In early spring (April or May), the annual Legendary Boonville Beer Festival is held at the fairgrounds, featuring beers from about 50 craft breweries. [http://www.avbc.com/news/boontbeerfest.html] A Pinot Noir Festival is held in May. In July, the Wool-growers'
Barbecue and Sheepdog Trials is held at the fairgrounds. Boonville hosts the annual Mendocino County Fair in September.Boonville, despite its population of very few people it has a minor reputation among political leftists in the USA for countercultural ideals, including promotion of
organic food . The town serves as the setting for the novel "Boonville" (2001) byRobert Mailer Anderson . Some commentators believe Boonville may be the setting for the novel "Vineland " (1990) byThomas Pynchon . Fact|date=February 2007The town is known to Unificationists as the site of the successful but ill-fated
Creative Community Project , of which it is said that almost one-third of American church members joined. [http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Books/Tbns/TBNS-06.htm]The ZIP Code is 95415. The community is inside
area code 707 .Politics
In the state legislature Boonville is located in the 2nd Senate District, represented by Democrat
Pat Wiggins , and in the 1st Assembly District, represented by Democrat Patty Berg. Federally, Boonville is located inCalifornia's 1st congressional district , which has a Cook PVI of D +10 [cite web | title = Will Gerrymandered Districts Stem the Wave of Voter Unrest? | publisher = Campaign Legal Center Blog | url=http://www.clcblog.org/blog_item-85.html | accessdate = 2007-10-20] and is represented by DemocratMike Thompson .References
External links
* [http://www.theava.com The "Anderson Valley Advertiser"] - the weekly newspaper of
Anderson Valley
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