[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: 27CFR9.138]

[Page 206]
 
            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. 9.138  Benmore Valley.

    (a) Name. The name of the viticultural area described in this 
section is ``Benmore Valley.''
    (b) Approved Maps. The appropriate maps for determining the 
boundaries of the Benmore Valley viticultural area are two U.S.G.S. 
maps. They are entitled:
    (1) ``Hopland, CA,'' 7.5 Minute Series, edition of 1960, 
(photoinspected 1975); and
    (2) ``Purdys Gardens, CA,'' 7.5 Minute Series, edition of 1958, 
(photoinspected 1975).
    (c) Boundaries. The Benmore Valley viticultural area is located in 
the southwest corner of Lake County, California. It lies entirely within 
the North Coast viticultural area. The beginning point is an unnamed 
peak of 2788 feet elevation found in the southeast portion of section 
35, T. 14 N., R. 11 W., on the ``Purdys Gardens, CA'' U.S.G.S. map:
    (1) Then southwest in a straight line to the point where an unnamed 
unimproved road crosses the south section line of section 35, T. 14 N., 
R. 11 W., west of Benmore Creek;
    (2) Then following the unnamed unimproved road south to the 
intersection with the boundary between Lake and Mendocino Counties;
    (3) Then following the county boundary between Lake and Mendocino 
Counties east and south to the intersection with the 2800 foot contour 
line;
    (4) Then following the 2800 foot contour line in a northerly and 
then southernly direction to its intersection with the boundary between 
Lake and Mendocino Counties on the southern edge of section 2, T. 13 N., 
R. 11 W;
    (5) Then following the boundary between Lake and Mendocino Counties 
east to the point of intersection of sections 1, 2, 11, and 12, T. 13 
N., R. 11 W;
    (6) Then southeasterly in a straight line to an unnamed peak of 2769 
feet elevation in the center of section 12, T. 13 N., R. 11 W;
    (7) Then south in a straight line to the point where the boundary 
between Lake and Mendocino Counties changes from an east-west direction 
to a north-south direction;
    (8) Then in a straight line in an easterly direction to an unnamed 
peak of 2883 feet elevation in the southwestern portion of section 5, T. 
13 N., R. 10 W;
    (9) Then northeast in a straight line to the easternmost peak of an 
unnamed ridge with four peaks in the center of section 5, T. 13 N., R. 
10 W;
    (10) Then northerly in a straight line to an unnamed peak of 2647 
feet elevation near the north section line of section 5, T. 13 N., R. 10 
W;
    (11) Then westerly in a straight line to the point of intersection 
between section 5, T. 13 N., R 10 W., section 31, T. 14 N., R. 10 W., 
and section 1, T. 13 N., R. 11 W;
    (12) Then northwest in a straight line to an unnamed peak of 2904 
feet elevation in the north portion of section 1, T. 13 N., R. 11 W;
    (13) Then northwest in a straight line to an unnamed peak of 2788 
feet elevation, the point of beginning.

[T.D. ATF-315, 56 FR 52191, Oct. 18, 1991]