[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR9.38]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 9--AMERICAN VITICULTURAL AREAS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart C--Approved American Viticultural Areas
 
Sec. 9.38  Cienega Valley.

    (a) Name. The name of the viticultural area described in this 
section is ``Cienega Valley.''
    (b) Approved maps. The appropriate maps for determining the 
boundaries of the Cienega Valley viticultural area are four U.S.G.S. 
maps. They are titled:
    (1) ``Hollister Quadrangle, California,'' 7.5 minute series (1971);
    (2) ``Tres Pinos Quadrangle, California,'' 7.5 minute series (1971);
    (3) ``Mt. Harlan Quadrangle, California,'' 7.5 minute series (1968); 
and
    (4) ``Paicines Quadrangle, California,'' 7.5 minute series (1968).
    (c) Boundaries. The Cienega Valley viticultural area is located in 
San Benito County, California. The beginning point is the Gaging 
Station, located on U.S.G.S. map ``Paicines Quadrangle'' in the 
southeast portion of Section 21, Township 14 South, Range 6 East.
    (1) From the beginning point, the boundary follows the Pescadero 
Creek Bed in a southeasterly direction about 100 feet to the unimproved 
road and continues southwesterly on the unimproved road .5 mile to where 
it intersects with the south border of Township 14 South, Range 6 East, 
Section 21;

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    (2) Thence in a straight line to the southwest portion of Section 
28, Township 14 South, Range 6 East, where the 1400-foot contour line 
intersects the south border of Section 28;
    (3) Thence following the 1400-foot contour line through the 
following sections; Sections 28, 29, and 30, Township 14 South, Range 6 
East; Section 25, Township 14 South, Range 5 East; Sections 30, 19, 20, 
and returning to 19, Township 14 South, Range 6 East, to a point where 
the 1400-foot contour line intersects with the section line between 
Sections 19 and 18, Township 14 South, Range 6 East;
    (4) Thence in a straight line due north to the intersection with the 
1200-foot contour line in Section 18, Township 14 South, Range 6 East;
    (5) Thence following the 1200-foot contour line in a generally 
northwesterly direction to where it intersects with the north boundary 
of Township 14 South, Range 5 East, Section 10; then following this 
boundary line in a northwesterly direction to where this boundary 
intersects with the 1600-foot contour line; thence following the 1600-
foot contour line in a generally northerly direction to where it 
intersects with the unimproved road;
    (6) Thence looping southward along the unimproved road and 
continuing on in an easterly direction past the designated ``Spring'' 
and then in a northeasterly direction parallel with the Gulch to the 
Vineyard School on Cienega Road; thence in a southeasterly direction on 
Cienega Road .4 mile to where the unimproved road intersects; thence 
traveling north and following the unimproved road in a northwesterly 
direction about 5. mile; then looping in an easterly direction .75 mile 
to the intersection of the unimproved road and branching in a 
southeasterly direction;
    (7) Thence crossing Township 13 South to Township 14 South and 
following the unimproved road to the intersection of the western border 
of Township 14 South, Range 6 East, Section 6; thence south to the 
northwest corner of Section 7;
    (8) Thence continuing in a straight diagonal line to the southeast 
corner of Township 14 South, Range 6 East, Section 7; thence from the 
southeast corner of Section 7 .25 mile west to where it intersects with 
an unimproved road;
    (9) Thence following this unimproved road in a southeasterly 
direction to the Gaging Station, the point of beginning.

[T.D. ATF-109, 47 FR 36126, Aug. 19, 1982]