[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR9.189]

[Page 271-272]
 
            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.  9.189  High Valley.

    (a) Name. The name of the viticultural area described in this 
section is ``High Valley''. For purposes of part 4 of this chapter, 
``High Valley'' is a term of viticultural significance.
    (b) Approved Maps. The appropriate maps for determining the 
boundaries of the ``High Valley'' viticultural area are three United 
States Geological Survey (USGS) 1:24,000 scale topographic maps. They 
are titled:
    (1) Clearlake Oaks Quadrangle, California--Lake County; edition of 
1958; photorevised 1975, minor revision 1994;
    (2) Benmore Canyon Quadrangle, California--Lake County; provisional 
edition of 1989, minor revision 1994; and
    (3) Lucerne Quadrangle, California--Lake County; edition of 1958, 
photorevised 1975, minor revision 1994.
    (c) Boundary. The High Valley viticultural area is located in Lake 
County, California, near the village of Clearlake Oaks. The boundary of 
the High Valley viticultural area is as described below:
    (1) The point of beginning is on the Clearlake Oaks map on the 
northern boundary line of section 16 (also the southern boundary of the 
Mendocino National Forest), T14N, R8W, at the intersection of the 
section line and High Valley Road;
    (2) From the beginning point, proceed due east 2.4 miles along the 
northern boundary lines of sections 16, 15, and 14 (also the southern 
boundary of the Mendocino National Forest) to the northeast corner of 
section 14, T14N, R8W; then
    (3) Proceed straight east-southeast 3.15 miles to the intersection 
of the 2,000-foot elevation line and the eastern

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boundary of section 17, T14N, R7W; then
    (4) Proceed easterly 2.7 miles along the meandering 2,000-foot 
elevation line to its first intersection with the eastern boundary of 
section 22, T14N, R7W, on the Benmore Canyon map; then
    (5) Proceed due south approximately 300 feet along the eastern 
boundary of section 22, T14N, R7W, to its intersection with the 
headwaters of the north branch of the Salt Canyon Creek; then
    (6) Proceed easterly 0.4 mile along the north branch of the Salt 
Canyon Creek to its intersection with the 1,600-foot elevation line in 
section 23, T14N, R7W; then
    (7) Proceed southerly along the meandering 1,600-foot elevation line 
4.1 miles to its intersection with State Route 20, just north of Sweet 
Hollow Creek, in section 35, T14N, R7W; then
    (8) Proceed southwest and then west 1.7 miles on State Route 20 to 
its intersection with the 1,600-foot elevation line just northwest of BM 
1634, Wye, in section 3, T13N, R7W; then
    (9) Proceed westerly 15.2 miles along the meandering 1,600-foot 
elevation line, crossing the Clearlake Oaks map, to the elevation line's 
intersection with an unnamed intermittent stream in Pierce Canyon in the 
northeast quadrant of section 20, approximately 0.4 mile east of VABM 
2533, T14N, R8W, on the Lucerne map; then
    (10) Proceed northerly and then northeasterly along the unnamed 
intermittent stream in Pierce Canyon and then the stream's northern fork 
approximately 1.6 miles to the northern fork's intersection with the 
3,000-foot elevation line in section 16, T14N, R8W, on the Clearlake 
Oaks map; and then
    (11) Proceed straight northeast 0.15 mile, returning to the 
beginning point.

[T.D. TTB-30, 70 FR 38001, July 1, 2005]