[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR9.29]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 9--AMERICAN VITICULTURAL AREAS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart C--Approved American Viticultural Areas
 
Sec. 9.29  Sonoma Valley.

    (a) Name. The name of the viticultural area described in this 
section is ``Sonoma Valley.''
    (b) Approved maps. The maps showing the boundaries of the Sonoma 
valley viticultural area are entitled:
    (1) ``Cuttings Wharf, Calif.'', 1949 (photorevised 1968 and 
photoinspected 1973), 7.5 minute quadrangle;
    (2) ``Petaluma Point, Calif.'', 1959 (photorevised 1968 and 
photoinspected 1973), 7.5 minute quadrangle;
    (3) ``Sears Point, Calif.'', 1951 (photorevised 1968), 7.5 minute 
quadrangle;
    (4) ``Petaluma River, Calif.'', 1954 (photorevised 1968 and 1973), 
7.5 minute quadrangle;
    (5) ``Glen Ellen, Calif.'', 1954 (photorevised 1968 and 
photoinspected 1973), 7.5 minute quadrangle;
    (6) ``Cotati, Calif.'', 1954 (photorevised 1968 and 1973), 7.5 
minute quadrangle;
    (7) ``Santa Rosa, Calif.'', 1954 (photorevised 1968 and 1973), 7.5 
minute quadrangle;
    (8) ``Kenwood, Calif.'', 1954 (photorevised 1968 and photoinspected 
1973), 7.5 minute quadrangle; and
    (9) Appropriate Sonoma County tax assessor's maps showing the Sonoma 
County-Napa County line.
    (c) Boundaries. The Sonoma Valley viticultural area is located 
within Sonoma County, California. From the beginning point at the 
junction of Tolay Creek and San Pablo Bay, the boundary runs:
    (1) Northerly along Tolay Creek to Highway 37;
    (2) Westerly along Highway 37 to its junction with Highway 121;
    (3) Northwesterly in a straight line to the peak of Wildcat 
Mountain;
    (4) Northwesterly in a straight line to Sonoma Mountain to the 
horizontal control station at elevation 2,271 feet;
    (5) Northwesterly in a straight line to the peak of Taylor Mountain;
    (6) Northeasterly in a straight line to the point at which Los 
Alamos Road joins Highway 12;
    (7) Easterly in a straight line to the peak of Buzzard Peak;
    (8) Easterly in a straight line to the peak of Mount Hood;
    (9) Easterly in a straight line to an unnamed peak located on the 
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County-Napa County line and identified as having an elevation of 2,530 
feet (This unnamed peak is located in the northeast quarter of Section 
9, Township 7 North, Range 6 West, Mt. Diablo Base and Meridian);
    (10) Southerly along the Sonoma County-Napa County line to the point 
at which Sonoma Creek enters San Pablo Bay; and
    (11) Southwesterly along the shore of San Pablo Bay to the beginning 
point.

[T.D. ATF-96, 46 FR 59238, Dec. 4, 1981, as amended by T.D. ATF-201, 50 
FR 12533, Mar. 29, 1985; T.D. ATF-249, 52 FR 5956, Feb. 27, 1987]