Mayor Gonzales took a tour of the Franklin Distillery
located on North King Road in San Jose.  The Mayor is pictured
above with John Maefstri, as he takes the Mayor through the facility. 

Franklin Distillery is one of the nation's major bottlers of
distilled spirits.  It is housed in a three building compound with
an annual capacity of 7,000,000 million cases.  Franklin boasts
a sustained growth rarely seen in the liquor industry.

A picture of the forklifts as they maneuver through the plant

Franklin as seven fully-automated production lines housed
in their 45,000 square foot bottling facility.

A picture from the outside of the distillery.  Franklin
produces items that are sold by companies on five
continents and the Pacific Rim.