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(1) WEQ–000, Abbreviations, 

Acronyms, and Definition of Terms, 

WEQ Version 003, July 31, 2012, as 

modified by NAESB final actions 

ratified on Oct. 4, 2012, Nov. 28, 2012 

and Dec. 28, 2012 (with minor 

corrections applied Nov. 26, 2013); 

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OASIS Version 2.0, WEQ Version 003, 

July 31, 2012, as modified by NAESB 

final actions ratified on Dec. 28, 2012 

(with minor corrections applied Nov. 

26, 2013) excluding Standards 001–9.5, 

001–10.5, 001–14.1.3, 001–15.1.2 and 

001–106.2.5; 

(3) WEQ–002, Open Access SameTime Information System (OASIS) 

Business Practice Standards and 

Communication Protocols (S&CP), 

OASIS Version 2.0, WEQ Version 003, 

July 31, 2012, as modified by NAESB 

final actions ratified on Nov. 28, 2012 

and Dec. 28, 2012 (with minor 

corrections applied Nov. 26, 2013); 

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Dictionary Business Practice Standards, 

OASIS Version 2.0, WEQ Version 003, 

July 31, 2012, as modified by NAESB 

final actions ratified on Dec. 28, 2012 

(with minor corrections applied Nov. 

26, 2013); 

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(12) WEQ–013, Open Access SameTime Information System (OASIS) 

Implementation Guide, OASIS Version 

2.0, WEQ Version 003, July 31, 2012, as 

modified by NAESB final actions 

ratified on Dec. 28, 2012 (with minor 

corrections applied Nov. 26, 2013). 

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Dated: October 3, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24093 Filed 10–8–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau 

27 CFR Part 9 

[Docket No. TTB–2013–0009; T.D. TTB–125; 

Ref: Notice No. 140] 

RIN 1513–AB68 

Establishment of the Adelaida District, 

Creston District, El Pomar District, 

Paso Robles Estrella District, Paso 

Robles Geneseo District, Paso Robles 

Highlands District, Paso Robles Willow 

Creek District, San Juan Creek, San 

Miguel District, Santa Margarita Ranch, 

and Templeton Gap District Viticultural 

Areas 

AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau, Treasury. 

ACTION: Final rule; Treasury decision. 

SUMMARY: The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 

and Trade Bureau (TTB) establishes the 

Adelaida District, Creston District, El 

Pomar District, Paso Robles Estrella 

District, Paso Robles Geneseo District, 

Paso Robles Highlands District, Paso 

Robles Willow Creek District, San Juan 

Creek, San Miguel District, Santa 

Margarita Ranch, and Templeton Gap 

District viticultural areas within the 

boundary of the existing Paso Robles 

viticultural area in northern San Luis 

Obispo County, California. The Paso 

Robles viticultural area, in turn, is 

located within the larger multicounty 

Central Coast viticultural area. TTB 

designates viticultural areas to allow 

vintners to better describe the origin of 

their wines and to allow consumers to 

better identify wines they may 

purchase. 

DATES: This final rule is effective 

November 10, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen A. Thornton, Regulations and 

Rulings Division, Alcohol and Tobacco 

Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street 

NW., Box 12, Washington, DC 20005; 

phone 202–453–1039, ext. 175. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background on Viticultural Areas 

TTB Authority 

Section 105(e) of the Federal Alcohol 

Administration Act (FAA Act), 27 

U.S.C. 205(e), authorizes the Secretary 

of the Treasury to prescribe regulations 

for the labeling of wine, distilled spirits, 

and malt beverages. The FAA Act 

provides that these regulations should, 

among other things, prohibit consumer 

deception and the use of misleading 

statements on labels and ensure that 

labels provide the consumer with 

adequate information as to the identity 

and quality of the product. The Alcohol 

and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau 

(TTB) administers the FAA Act 

pursuant to section 1111(d) of the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002, 

codified at 6 U.S.C. 531(d). The 

Secretary has delegated various 

authorities through Treasury 

Department Order 120–01 (Revised), 

dated December 10, 2013, to the TTB 

Administrator to perform the functions 

and duties in the administration and 

enforcement of this law. 

Part 4 of the TTB regulations (27 CFR 

part 4) authorizes the establishment of 

definitive viticultural areas and the use 

of their names as appellations of origin 

on wine labels and in wine 

advertisements. Part 9 of the TTB 

regulations (27 CFR part 9) sets forth 

standards for the preparation and 

submission to TTB of petitions for the 

establishment or modification of 

American viticultural areas (AVAs) and 

lists the approved AVAs. 

Definition 

Section 4.25(e)(1)(i) of the TTB 

regulations (27 CFR 4.25(e)(1)(i)) defines 

a viticultural area for American wine as 

a delimited grape-growing region having 

distinguishing features, as described in 

part 9 of the regulations, and a name 

and a delineated boundary, as 

established in part 9 of the regulations. 

These designations allow vintners and 

consumers to attribute a given quality, 

reputation, or other characteristic of a 

wine made from grapes grown in an area 

to the wine’s geographic origin. The 

establishment of AVAs allows vintners 

to describe more accurately the origin of 

their wines to consumers and helps 

consumers to identify wines they may 

purchase. Establishment of an AVA is 

neither an approval nor an endorsement 

by TTB of the wine produced in that 

area. 

Requirements 

Section 4.25(e)(2) of the TTB 

regulations outlines the procedure for 

proposing an AVA and provides that 

any interested party may petition TTB 

to establish a grape-growing region as an 

AVA. Section 9.12 of the TTB 

regulations (27 CFR 9.12) prescribes the 

standards for petitions for the 

establishment of AVAs. Petitions to 

establish an AVA must include the 

following: 

• Evidence that the area within the 

proposed AVA boundary is nationally 

or locally known by the AVA name 

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• An explanation of the basis for 

defining the boundary of the proposed 

AVA; 

• A narrative description of the 

features of the proposed AVA that affect 

viticulture, such as climate, geology, 

soils, physical features, and elevation, 

that make the proposed AVA distinctive 

and distinguish it from adjacent areas 

outside the proposed AVA boundary; 

• The appropriate United States 

Geological Survey (USGS) map(s) 

showing the location of the proposed 

AVA, with the boundary of the 

proposed AVA clearly drawn thereon; 

and 

• A detailed narrative description of 

the proposed AVA boundary based on 

USGS map markings. 

Adelaida District, Creston District, El 

Pomar District, Paso Robles Estrella 

District, Paso Robles Geneseo District, 

Paso Robles Highlands District, Paso 

Robles Willow Creek District, San Juan 

Creek, San Miguel District, Santa 

Margarita Ranch, and Templeton Gap 

District Petitions 

The Paso Robles Viticultural Area 

Committee (PRVAC) petitioned TTB to 

establish 11 new AVAs located entirely 

within the existing Paso Robles AVA (27 

CFR 9.84) in northern San Luis Obispo 

County, California. The Paso Robles 

viticultural area, in turn, is located 

within the larger multicounty Central 

Coast viticultural area (27 CFR 9.75). 

The 11 proposed AVAs are Adelaida 

District, Creston District, El Pomar 

District, Paso Robles Estrella District, 

Paso Robles Geneseo District, Paso 

Robles Highlands District, Paso Robles 

Willow Creek District, San Juan Creek, 

San Miguel District, Santa Margarita 

Ranch, and Templeton Gap District. The 

59 wine industry members who 

constitute PRVAC cumulatively own or 

manage over 10,000 acres of vineyards 

within the 11 proposed AVAs. 

The PRVAC proposal to establish the 

11 new AVAs would not alter the 

current boundary or size of the Paso 

Robles AVA. According to the PRVAC, 

some portions of the Paso Robles AVA 

are not included in any of the 11 

proposed AVAs because they are urban 

areas, government-owned lands 

unavailable for commercial viticulture, 

or they contain little or no viticultural 

activity due to environmental or 

topographical factors. 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

TTB published Notice No. 140 in the 

Federal Register on September 20, 2013 

(78 FR 58050), proposing to establish 

the Adelaida District, Creston District, 

El Pomar District, Paso Robles Estrella 

District, Paso Robles Geneseo District, 

Paso Robles Highlands District, Paso 

Robles Willow Creek District, San Juan 

Creek, San Miguel District, Santa 

Margarita Ranch, and Templeton Gap 

District AVAs. In the notice, TTB 

summarized the evidence from all 11 

petitions regarding the name, boundary, 

and distinguishing features of each 

proposed AVA. The notice also 

compared the distinguishing features of 

each proposed AVA to the other 

proposed AVAs, as well as to the 

distinguishing features of the larger Paso 

Robles and Central Coast AVAs within 

which the 11 proposed AVAs are 

located. The following table summarizes 

the distinctive characteristics of the 11 

proposed AVAs, the Paso Robles AVA, 

and the Central Coast AVA. For a more 

detailed description of the evidence 

relating to the names, boundaries, and 

distinguishing features of the 11 

proposed AVAs, see Notice No. 140. 

COMPARISON OF THE CENTRAL COAST AND PASO ROBLES VITICULTURAL AREAS TO THE ELEVEN PROPOSED

VITICULTURAL AREAS

Viticultural area Climate 

Avg. annual 

rainfall 

(inches) 

Diurnal 

growing 

season temp. 

change 1

(degrees) 

Topography Soil 

Central Coast 2 ................. Maritime climate characterized by marine fog.N/A N/A N/A .................................. N/A. 

Paso Robles .................... Maritime climate becoming more continental to 

the east, with growing 

degree-day Regions II, 

III and IV.

8–30 20–50 Salinas River and tributary valleys, alluvial terraces, and surrounding 

mountain slopes; 600– 

2,400+ feet.

Soils both depositional 

and residual derived 

from sedimentary rock; 

moderate depth. 

Proposed Adelaida District.Region II–III transitional 

area with modest marine influence (light sea 

breezes and little marine fog).

25 30 Santa Lucia Range high 

mountain slopes grading to foothills; 900– 

2200 feet.

Shallow, bedrock residual 

soils and patchy colluvial hillside soils from 

middle member of 

Monterey Formation 

and older rocks; largely 

calcareous soils. 

Proposed Creston District Region III with modest 

marine influence (moderate sea breezes and 

marine fog).

11.5 25 Old erosional plateau at 

the base of the La 

Panza Range; alluvial 

terraces and fans of 

Huerhuero Creek; 

1,000–2,000 feet.

Old, well developed terrace and hillside soils; 

mix of granitic and sedimentary rocks. 

Proposed El Pomar District.Region II with pronounced marine influence (strong sea 

breezes and heavy 

marine fog).

15 20–25 High, older terraces, 

fans, and hills; 740– 

1,600 feet.

Quaternary alluvial soils, 

well developed loams 

to clay loams, some 

calcareous, with Monterey Formation sandstone and siltstone at 

depth in some areas. 


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COMPARISON OF THE CENTRAL COAST AND PASO ROBLES VITICULTURAL AREAS TO THE ELEVEN PROPOSED

VITICULTURAL AREAS—Continued 

Viticultural area Climate 

Avg. annual 

rainfall 

(inches) 

Diurnal 

growing 

season temp. 

change 1

(degrees) 

Topography Soil 

Proposed Paso Robles 

Estrella District.

Region III with modest 

marine influence.

12.5–15.5 35–40 Rolling plains of Estrella 

River valley and terraces; 745–1819 feet.

Quaternary alluvial soils 

of diverse ages across 

younger to older terraces, deep to moderate depth, with remnant patches of older 

valley fill at highest elevations. 

Proposed Paso Robles 

Geneseo District.

Region III–IV with modest 

marine influence.

13–14 20–25 Upfaulted hills through 

old river terraces along 

Huerhuero-La Panza 

fault; 740–1,300 feet.

Old alluvial terrace and 

residual hillside soils of 

moderate depth with 

cementation of the 

gravelly Paso Robles 

Formation and older 

granites. 

Proposed Paso Robles 

Highlands District.

Region IV with little marine influence.12 50+ Old Pliocene-Pleistocene 

erosional surface 

across the Simmler, 

Monterey and Paso 

Robles formations 

below the La Panza 

Range; 1,160–2,086 

feet.

Deep, sometimes cemented alluvial soils; 

old leached alkaline 

soils common, with 

younger sandy soils 

along active steams. 

Proposed Paso Robles 

Willow Creek District.

Region II with pronounced marine influence.24–30 20 High elevation mountainous bedrock slopes 

across a more erodible 

member of the Monterey Formation; 960– 

1,900 feet.

Mostly bedrock (residual) 

soils from the middle 

and lower members of 

the Monterey Formation, patches of alluvial 

soil along streams, 

largely calcareous, 

loams to clay loams. 

Proposed San Juan 

Creek.

Region III–IV transition 

with little marine influence.

10.4 35–40 San Juan Creek younger 

river valleys with alluvial terraces and fans 

as a tributary to the 

upper Estrella River; 

980–1,600 feet.

Well to moderately 

drained, deep alluvial 

soils, sandy loams to 

loams to clay loams on 

the highest, oldest terraces. 

Proposed San Miguel District.Region III with little marine influence.11.4 30–35 Footslope of Santa Lucia 

Range, with alluvial terraces of the Salinas 

and Estrella rivers and 

small recent alluvial 

fans; 580–1,600 feet.

Deep, alluvial sandy 

loams to loams to a 

few clay loams (some 

with clay pans) from 

the river bottoms up 

onto the higher terraces. 

Proposed Santa Margarita 

Ranch.

Region II with moderate 

marine influence.

29 25 High, steep mountain 

slopes of ancient Salinas River and upper 

reaches of incised contemporary Salinas 

River along the 

Rinconada Fault; 900– 

1,400 feet.

Deep alluvial soils derived from many 

lithologies and varying 

in texture, with patchy 

residual soils on mountain slopes. 

Proposed Templeton Gap 

District.

Region II with pronounced marine influence.20 20 Santa Lucia Range 

mountain slopes and 

broad alluvial terraces; 

elevations 700–1,800 

feet.

Broad alluvial terraces 

and fans of Paso 

Robles Creek and the 

Salinas River over bedrock; alluvial soils of 

shallow to moderate 

depth and sandy to 

silty to clay loams; calcareous in places. 

1The growing season referenced herein is from April 1 to October 31 in a calendar year. 

2As described in T.D. ATF–216, 50 FR 43130, October 24, 1985, the primary feature of the Central Coast AVA is a marine-influenced climate 

characterized by marine fog. 


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Comments Received in Response to 

Notice No. 140 

In Notice No. 140, TTB solicited 

comments on the accuracy of the name, 

boundary, climatic, and other required 

information submitted in support of the 

11 petitions. In addition, given the 

proposed AVAs’ location within the 

existing Paso Robles and Central Coast 

AVAs, TTB solicited comments on 

whether the evidence submitted in the 

petitions regarding the distinguishing 

features of the 11 proposed AVAs 

sufficiently differentiates them from the 

2 established AVAs. TTB also asked for 

comments on whether the geographical 

features of any of the 11 proposed AVAs 

are so distinguishable from the 

surrounding Paso Robles or Central 

Coast AVAs that they should no longer 

be part of those established AVAs. 

Finally, TTB asked for comments 

regarding whether portions of the Paso 

Robles AVA that are not contained 

within any of the 11 proposed AVAs 

have been appropriately excluded from 

the proposed AVAs or whether these 

excluded areas should be incorporated 

into any of the proposed AVAs. The 

comment period closed on January 21, 

2014. 

In response to Notice No. 140, TTB 

received 45 comments, 2 of which were 

submitted by the same commenter and 

subsequently withdrawn at his request, 

making for a total of 43 comments. 

Among the commenters were local 

residents; local vineyard owners, 

managers, and winery owners; wine 

consumers; a real estate appraiser 

specializing in the valuation of 

vineyards and wineries in the Central 

Coast AVA; a certified professional soil 

scientist; a wine blogger; a wine retailer; 

and a major wine producing company. 

The comments are summarized below. 

None of the comments addressed the 

question of whether or not the 11 

proposed AVAs are so distinguishable 

from the existing Central Coast and Paso 

Robles AVAs that they should no longer 

be part of these 2 AVAs. Additionally, 

TTB did not receive any comments in 

response to the question of whether any 

of the portions of the Paso Robles AVA 

that were not included in any of the 11 

proposed AVAs should be incorporated 

into any of the proposed AVAs. 

Comments Supporting the 11 Proposed 

AVAs 

Thirty-five of the 43 comments 

specifically supported the establishment 

of the 11 proposed AVAs. Most of the 

supporting comments stated that 

establishing the smaller proposed 

AVAs—each with its own unique 

climate, soil, and terrain—will help 

consumers better understand the 

diversity of climates, soils, and terrains 

within the larger Paso Robles AVA, all 

of which affect the characteristics of the 

grapes grown in each region. Several 

commenters appreciated the depth of 

the 11 petitions, including a commenter 

who stated that the petitions ‘‘accurately 

reflect [the] intrinsic differences’’ of 

each of the proposed AVAs (comment 

14) and another commenter stated that 

this action would result in ‘‘meaningful 

sub-appellations’’ (comment 19). A 

certified soil scientist stated that ‘‘the 

proposal is well documented with 

respect to the earth science and 

environmental conditions within the 11 

proposed viticultural areas’’ (comment 

17). One local vineyard owner 

(comment 7) noted that people who may 

be concerned that the 11 proposed 

AVAs would diminish the marketing 

value of the existing Paso Robles AVA 

name should remember that California 

has a conjunctive labeling law relating 

to the Paso Robles AVA. That law will 

require any label using one of the 11 

proposed AVAs as an appellation of 

origin on its wine labels to also use the 

Paso Robles AVA name, unless the AVA 

name includes the term ‘‘Paso Robles.’’ 

Comments Opposing the 11 Proposed 

AVAs 

Four comments opposed the 

establishment of the 11 proposed AVAs 

(comments 1, 6, 8, and 11). These 

commenters included a local grapegrower, a local winemaker, and two 

individuals who did not list any 

affiliation. Most of the opposing 

comments stated that the Paso Robles 

AVA as a whole does not contain 

enough unique regions to justify 11 new 

AVAs within it, and that the proposed 

boundaries were ‘‘meaningless and 

arbitrary’’ (comment 1) and ‘‘determined 

for self-serving reasons’’ (comment 8). 

Another comment (comment 6) stated 

that there are already too many AVAs in 

the country and not enough ‘‘high 

quality wineries’’ in each of the 11 

proposed AVAs to warrant their 

establishment. One of the comments 

(comment 8) also opposed the 11 

proposed AVAs because ‘‘many 

vineyards were not personally notified 

of such a proposal.’’ 

After careful review of the 11 

petitions to establish the proposed 

AVAs, TTB has determined that each of 

the petitions contained enough evidence 

to distinguish each of the proposed 

AVAs from each other and from the 

surrounding Paso Robles AVA. TTB also 

notes that none of the four commenters 

who opposed the establishment of the 

proposed AVAs provided any evidence 

to support their claims that the 

boundaries are arbitrary or that the 

features of the proposed AVAs do not 

distinguish them from the surrounding 

regions and each other. 

With regard to the comment that there 

are too many established AVAs, TTB 

notes that it does not have regulations 

limiting the total number of AVAs that 

may be established. Under 27 CFR 9.12, 

any member of the public may petition 

TTB to designate a grape-growing region 

as an AVA, provided that the petition 

includes evidence showing that the 

proposed AVA is known by its proposed 

name and showing that the proposed 

AVA has features affecting viticulture, 

such as climate, topography, geology, or 

soils, which distinguish it from the 

surrounding areas. 

With regard to the comment 

concerning the quality of the wines 

produced within the 11 proposed AVAs, 

TTB notes that establishment of an AVA 

is neither an approval nor an 

endorsement by TTB of the wine 

produced in that area. Although some 

AVA petitions may include descriptions 

of awards and recognitions received by 

vintners within the proposed AVA, TTB 

does not require AVA petitions to 

include evidence of the quality of wines 

produced in the area, nor do any such 

quality claims play a role in 

determining whether or not TTB 

designates the area as an AVA. TTB 

designates AVAs in order to allow 

vintners to better describe the origin of 

their wines and to allow consumers to 

better identify wines they may 

purchase. Any benefit derived from the 

use of an AVA name, as well as any 

attribution of quality, reputation, or 

characteristic of the wine, would be the 

result of a proprietor’s efforts and 

consumer acceptance of wines from that 

AVA. 

With regard to the comment stating 

that vineyard owners were not 

personally notified of the proposals 

contained in Notice No. 140, TTB notes 

that no Federal law or regulation 

requires agencies to individually notify 

all possibly-affected businesses or 

persons of the publication of a proposed 

regulation. However, in order to notify 

the public at large of its proposed 

regulations and to solicit comments on 

them, TTB publishes all of its notices of 

proposed rulemaking, such as Notice 

No. 140, in the Federal Register, as 

required by the Administrative 

Procedure Act (see 5 U.S.C. 553). TTB 

also notes that the use of an AVA name 

on a wine label is not a regulatory 

mandate; rather its use is entirely 

voluntary. The establishment of an AVA 

does not obligate winemakers to use that 

AVA as an appellation of origin on their 

wine labels, nor are grape growers 


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required to market their grapes as being 

grown within that AVA. 

Proposed Boundary Changes 

Two commenters requested changes 

to certain portions of the proposed AVA 

boundaries described in Notice No. 140. 

The owner of AmByth Estate vineyard 

stated that he believes his property is 

within the proposed El Pomar District 

AVA but has more features in common 

with the proposed Templeton Gap 

District AVA (comment 9). The 

commenter provided a satellite photo 

showing the location of his property 

between Lupine Lane and Redondo 

Road, which places his property entirely 

within the proposed El Pomar District 

AVA near the shared boundary with the 

proposed Templeton Gap District AVA. 

The commenter stated that the soils 

within his property are Linne Calodo 

soils, and that the breezes shift late in 

the morning to flow from the Templeton 

Gap and over the ridge into his 

vineyard. Finally, the commenter stated 

that his property receives the same 

amount of rainfall and has the same 

temperatures as the proposed 

Templeton Gap District AVA. However, 

the commenter did not provide any 

empirical evidence to support his 

claims of similar soil, wind patterns, 

rainfall, and temperature, nor did he 

provide any evidence that the 

‘‘Templeton Gap District’’ name is 

associated with the region of his 

property. 

The second comment was from the 

owner of Lime Ridge Vineyards 

(comment 15). The commenter stated 

that his vineyard is split between two 

parcels on opposite sides of State Route 

41. The southeastern boundary of the 

proposed El Pomar District AVA follows 

State Route 41, which places one of his 

vineyard parcels within the proposed 

AVA and leaves the other parcel 

outside, within the Paso Robles AVA. 

The commenter requested that the 

boundary of the proposed El Pomar 

District AVA be redrawn to incorporate 

his entire vineyard. The commenter 

provided an agricultural preserve 

contract to show that his entire property 

was within the El Pomar Agricultural 

Preserve, which also includes the 

proposed El Pomar District AVA. The 

commenter also provided a soil survey 

map, a San Luis Obispo County rainfall 

map, and a topographic map as 

evidence that the soils, precipitation, 

and elevations within his property are 

identical to those of the proposed AVA. 

In response to the two requests, the 

PRVAC submitted their own comment 

(comment 45). In its comment, the 

PRVAC stated that it has no objection to 

the request to modify the proposed El 

Pomar District AVA boundary to 

include the entire Lime Ridge Vineyard 

property, as the evidence provided by 

the vineyard owner indicates the 

physical characteristics of his property 

are consistent with those of the 

proposed El Pomar District AVA and 

that the ‘‘El Pomar District’’ name 

applies to the region of his property. 

However, the PRVAC does not 

support modifying the proposed 

Templeton Gap District AVA boundary 

to include the AmByth Estate vineyard, 

as the characteristics of the vineyard are 

different from those of the proposed 

AVA. The PRVAC included a statement 

from Dr. Deborah Elliot-Fisk, a 

geography professor emeritus of the 

University of California–Davis, who 

provided PRVAC with the report on the 

distinguishing features of the Paso 

Robles AVA that became the basis for its 

11 proposed AVA petitions, including 

the proposed Templeton Gap District 

and El Pomar District AVAs. In her 

statement, Dr. Elliot-Fisk wrote that the 

elevations within the AmByth Estate 

vineyard are lower than those of the 

proposed Templeton Gap District AVA, 

and that wind conditions within the 

vineyard would be different from the 

proposed AVA because the property is 

on the lee side of the ridgeline that 

forms the proposed boundary. Dr. ElliotFisk concluded that, in her scientific 

opinion, the conditions in the AmByth 

Estate vineyard are more similar to 

those of the proposed El Pomar District 

AVA, in which it currently sits, than 

those of the proposed Templeton Gap 

District AVA. 

After reviewing the comments and 

evidence submitted by both vineyard 

owners as well as the comment from the 

PRVAC and the statement from Dr. 

Elliot-Fisk, TTB has determined that the 

owner of the Lime Ridge Vineyard 

provided adequate evidence that his 

property should be entirely included 

within the proposed El Pomar District 

AVA. Accordingly, TTB is modifying 

the boundaries of the proposed El 

Pomar District AVA. The modification 

will increase the size of the 21,300-acre 

proposed El Pomar District AVA by 

approximately 130 acres, including 10 

acres of vineyards. 

TTB also has determined that the 

owner of the AmByth Estate vineyard 

did not provide adequate evidence to 

support modifying the boundary of the 

proposed Templeton Gap District AVA, 

particularly in light of the statement by 

Dr. Elliot-Fisk that the terrain and winds 

of the proposed AVA are not consistent 

with those of the vineyard owner’s 

property. Section 9.12 of the TTB 

regulations requires persons who wish 

to expand an AVA to submit evidence 

that the proposed expansion area has 

essentially the same distinguishing 

features as the original AVA. 

Additionally, evidence must be 

submitted showing that the name of the 

AVA applies to the proposed expansion 

area. The owner of the AmByth Estate 

stated that the soils and climate of his 

property are more similar to the 

proposed Templeton Gap District AVA 

than to the proposed El Pomar District 

AVA. However, he did not provide any 

empirical evidence to support his 

claims, such as a soil map or climate 

data. Additionally, the owner did not 

provide any evidence that his property 

is known more by the ‘‘Templeton Gap 

District’’ name than the ‘‘El Pomar 

District’’ name. As a result, TTB is not 

modifying the boundary of the proposed 

Templeton Gap District AVA. 

Terms of Viticultural Significance 

Bronco Wine Company (‘‘Bronco’’) 

submitted a comment in response to 

Notice No. 140 (comment 43). In its 

comment, Bronco stated that it takes no 

position regarding whether or not the 11 

proposed AVAs should be established. 

However, Bronco does support TTB’s 

proposal to designate ‘‘Paso Robles 

Estrella District’’ and ‘‘Paso Robles 

Estrella’’ as terms of viticultural 

significance, but not to designate 

‘‘Estrella,’’ standing alone, as a term of 

viticultural significance. Bronco states 

that the company uses the trade name 

‘‘Estrella River Winery’’ and the brand 

name ‘‘Estrella’’ on several of its wines. 

If TTB were also to designate the word 

‘‘Estrella,’’ standing alone, as a term of 

viticultural significance, Bronco states 

that the company would no longer be 

able to use the brand or trade name 

because the wines do not meet the 

requirements to use ‘‘Paso Robles 

Estrella District’’ as an appellation of 

origin. 

TTB agrees that the word ‘‘Estrella,’’ 

standing alone, should not be 

designated as a term of viticultural 

significance due to the potential for 

consumer confusion based on the 

multiple locations in the United States 

and other countries that are known as 

‘‘Estrella.’’ TTB also agrees that 

designating ‘‘Estrella,’’ standing alone, 

as a term of viticultural significance 

would affect numerous wine producers 

who use the word ‘‘Estrella’’ in a brand 

name or trade name. Therefore, TTB is 

only designating ‘‘Paso Robles Estrella 

District’’ and ‘‘Paso Robles Estrella’’ as 

terms of viticultural significance, as 

proposed in Notice No. 140. 

Technical Corrections 

One of the 35 comments in support of 

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AVAs also requested an amendment to 

the wording of the proposed boundary 

descriptions for the proposed El Pomar 

District and Paso Robles Geneseo AVAs 

(comment 44). The commenter stated 

that the road identified as ‘‘Branbrit 

Road’’ in paragraphs (c)(10) and (c)(11) 

of the proposed Paso Robles Geneseo 

District AVA regulatory text and 

paragraphs (c)(14) and (c)(15) of the 

proposed El Pomar District AVA 

regulatory text is not actually Branbrit 

Road but is instead an unpaved private 

driveway located approximately 429 

feet east of Old Ford Road. The 

commenter requested that TTB change 

the proposed boundary descriptions to 

refer to ‘‘an unpaved private driveway 

east of Old Fort Road,’’ in order to more 

accurately describe the boundary of the 

proposed AVAs. 

The PRVAC submitted a comment 

(comment 45) that, among other things, 

noted technical errors in the boundary 

descriptions of several of the proposed 

AVAs. The comment pointed out that 

the same road was misidentified as 

‘‘Branbrit Road’’ in the proposed El 

Pomar District AVA and Paso Robles 

Geneseo District AVA boundaries, as 

discussed in the previous paragraph. 

The PRVAC also noted minor errors in 

the distances listed in paragraphs (c)(11) 

and (c)(18) of the proposed Creston 

District AVA regulatory text, paragraph 

(c)(9) of the proposed Paso Robles 

Highlands District AVA regulatory text, 

and paragraph (c)(8) of the proposed 

Templeton Gap District AVA regulatory 

text, as well as a typographical error in 

paragraph (c)(10) of the proposed San 

Juan Creek AVA regulatory text. Finally, 

the PRVAC believed that minor changes 

made by TTB to paragraph (c)(9) of the 

proposed El Pomar District AVA 

boundary description resulted in a small 

overlap with the proposed Paso Robles 

Geneseo District AVA in the vicinity of 

Creston Road and Grand Canyon Road. 

After further review, TTB agrees with 

the commenters. In an attempt to 

identify as many of the roads by name 

as possible, TTB incorrectly identified a 

private driveway as ‘‘Branbrit Road.’’ 

The regulatory text of this final rule 

correctly identifies the road in question 

as a private driveway and not as a 

named road. This correction does not 

change the intended location of this 

portion of the concurrent El Pomar 

District–Paso Robles Geneseo District 

boundary. Additionally, TTB is 

deferring to PRVAC on the distances 

described in the proposed regulatory 

text and has made those changes in this 

final rule. Finally, TTB agrees that the 

roads used in paragraph (c)(9) of 

boundary description for the proposed 

El Pomar District AVA did cause an 

inadvertent overlap with the proposed 

Paso Robles Geneseo District AVA. As a 

result, TTB has amended the El Pomar 

District AVA boundary to follow 

Creston Drive all the way to the marked 

telephone line near an unmarked lightduty road known locally as Golden Hill 

Road, instead of following Creston Drive 

to Grand Canyon Drive and then 

following Grand Canyon Drive to the 

marked telephone line. None of these 

technical changes significantly increases 

or decreases the size of any of the 

proposed AVAs. 

TTB Determination 

After careful review of the petition 

and the comments received in response 

to Notice No. 140, TTB finds that the 

evidence provided by the petitioner 

supports the establishment of the 11 

proposed AVAs. Accordingly, under the 

authority of the FAA Act, section 

1111(d) of the Homeland Security Act of 

2002, and part 4 of the TTB regulations, 

TTB establishes the ‘‘Adelaida District,’’ 

‘‘Creston District,’’ ‘‘El Pomar District,’’ 

‘‘Paso Robles Estrella District,’’ ‘‘Paso 

Robles Geneseo District,’’ ‘‘Paso Robles 

Highlands District,’’ ‘‘Paso Robles 

Willow Creek District,’’ ‘‘San Juan 

Creek,’’ ‘‘San Miguel District,’’ ‘‘Santa 

Margarita Ranch,’’ and ‘‘Templeton Gap 

District’’ AVAs within the existing Paso 

Robles AVA in San Luis Obispo County, 

California, effective 30 days from the 

publication date of this document. TTB 

is also modifying the boundary of the 

‘‘El Pomar District’’ AVA to include the 

Lime Ridge Vineyard and is making 

several minor technical corrections to 

the regulatory text, as previously 

discussed. 

TTB has also determined that, based 

on the evidence included in the petition 

and summarized in the table earlier in 

this document, each of the 11 AVAs 

shares enough general characteristics 

with both the Paso Robles and Central 

Coast AVAs to remain part of both 

AVAs. 

Boundary Description 

See the narrative description of each 

of the boundaries of the 11 AVAs in the 

regulatory text published at the end of 

this final rule. 

Maps 

The petitioner provided the required 

maps, and they are listed below in the 

regulatory text. 

Impact on Current Wine Labels 

Part 4 of the TTB regulations prohibits 

any label reference on a wine that 

indicates or implies an origin other than 

the wine’s true place of origin. For a 

wine to be labeled with an AVA name 

or with a brand name that includes an 

AVA name, at least 85 percent of the 

wine must be derived from grapes 

grown within the area represented by 

that name, and the wine must meet the 

other conditions listed in § 4.25(e)(3) of 

the TTB regulations (27 CFR 4.25(e)(3)). 

If the wine is not eligible for labeling 

with an AVA name and that name 

appears in the brand name, then the 

label is not in compliance, and the 

bottler must change the brand name and 

obtain approval of a new label. 

Similarly, if the AVA name appears in 

another reference on the label in a 

misleading manner, the bottler must 

obtain approval of a new label. Different 

rules apply if a wine has a brand name 

containing an AVA name that was used 

as a brand name on a label approved 

before July 7, 1986. See § 4.39(i)(2) of 

the TTB regulations (27 CFR 4.39(i)(2)) 

for details. 

With the establishment of these 11 

AVAs, their full names––‘‘Adelaida 

District,’’ ‘‘Creston District,’’ ‘‘El Pomar 

District,’’ ‘‘Paso Robles Estrella 

District,’’ ‘‘Paso Robles Geneseo 

District,’’ ‘‘Paso Robles Highlands 

District,’’ ‘‘Paso Robles Willow Creek 

District,’’ ‘‘San Juan Creek,’’ ‘‘San 

Miguel District,’’ ‘‘Santa Margarita 

Ranch,’’ and ‘‘Templeton Gap 

District’’—will be recognized names of 

viticultural significance under 

§ 4.39(i)(3) of the TTB regulations (27 

CFR 4.39(i)(3)). Additionally, TTB has 

also determined that the terms ‘‘Paso 

Robles Estrella’’ ‘‘Paso Robles Geneseo’’ 

and ‘‘Paso Robles Highlands,’’ standing 

alone, have viticultural significance in 

relation to the ‘‘Paso Robles Estrella 

District,’’ ‘‘Paso Robles Geneseo 

District,’’ and ‘‘Paso Robles Highlands 

District’’ AVAs respectively. The text of 

the regulations clarifies this point. Once 

this final rule becomes effective, wine 

bottlers using any of the 11 full AVA 

names, or ‘‘Paso Robles Estrella’’ 

standing alone, ‘‘Paso Robles Geneseo’’ 

standing alone, or ‘‘Paso Robles 

Highlands’’ standing alone, in a brand 

name, including a trademark, or in 

another label reference as to the origin 

of the wine, will have to ensure that the 

product is eligible to use the AVA name 

as an appellation of origin. 

The establishment of these 11 AVAs 

will not affect any existing AVA. The 

establishment of the 11 AVAs will allow 

vintners to use ‘‘Adelaida District,’’ 

‘‘Creston District,’’ ‘‘El Pomar District,’’ 

‘‘Paso Robles Estrella District,’’ ‘‘Paso 

Robles Geneseo District,’’ ‘‘Paso Robles 

Highlands District,’’ ‘‘Paso Robles 

Willow Creek District,’’ ‘‘San Juan 

Creek,’’ ‘‘San Miguel District,’’ ‘‘Santa 

Margarita Ranch,’’ or ‘‘Templeton Gap 

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wines made from grapes grown within 

the respective AVA, if the wines meet 

the eligibility requirements for the 

appellation. Additionally, since all 11 of 

these new AVAs are located within the 

existing Paso Robles AVA, which, in 

turn, is located within the existing 

Central Coast AVA, vintners may use 

‘‘Paso Robles’’ or ‘‘Central Coast’’ as an 

appellation of origin for wines made 

from grapes grown within any of the 11 

AVAs, if the wines meet the eligibility 

requirements for the appellation. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

TTB certifies that this regulation will 

not have a significant economic impact 

on a substantial number of small 

entities. The regulation imposes no new 

reporting, recordkeeping, or other 

administrative requirement. Any benefit 

derived from the use of an AVA name 

would be the result of a proprietor’s 

efforts and consumer acceptance of 

wines from that area. Therefore, no 

regulatory flexibility analysis is 

required. 

Executive Order 12866 

It has been determined that this rule 

is not a significant regulatory action as 

defined by Executive Order 12866 of 

September 30, 1993. Therefore, no 

regulatory assessment is required. 

Drafting Information 

Karen A. Thornton of the Regulations 

and Rulings Division drafted this final 

rule. 

List of Subjects in 27 CFR Part 9 

Wine. 

The Regulatory Amendment 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, TTB amends title 27, chapter 

I, part 9, Code of Federal Regulations, as 

follows: 

PART 9—AMERICAN VITICULTURAL 

AREAS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 9 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 27 U.S.C. 205. 

Subpart C—Approved American 

Viticultural Areas 

■ 2. Subpart C is amended by adding 

§§ 9.238 through 9.248 to read as 

follows: 

§ 9.238 Adelaida District. 

(a) Name. The name of the viticultural 

area described in this section is 

‘‘Adelaida District.’’ For purposes of 

part 4 of this chapter, ‘‘Adelaida 

District’’ is a term of viticultural 

significance. 

(b) Approved maps. The six United 

States Geological Survey (USGS) 

1:24,000 scale topographic maps used to 

determine the boundary of the Adelaida 

District viticultural area are titled: 

(1) Paso Robles, Calif., 1948, 

photorevised 1979; 

(2) Templeton, Calif., 1948, 

photorevised 1979; 

(3) York Mountain, Calif., 1948, 

photorevised 1979; 

(4) Cypress Mountain, Calif., 1948, 

photorevised 1979; 

(5) Lime Mountain, Calif., 1948, 

photorevised 1979; and 

(6) Adelaida, Calif., 1948, 

photorevised 1978. 

(c) Boundary. The Adelaida District 

viticultural area is located in San Luis 

Obispo County, California. The 

boundary of the Adelaida District 

viticultural area is as described below: 

(1) The beginning point is on the Paso 

Robles map at the point where an 

unnamed light-duty road locally known 

as Wellsona Road crosses the main 

channel of the Salinas River, section 4, 

T26S/R12E. From the beginning point, 

proceed southerly (upstream) along the 

main channel of the Salinas River 

approximately 3.4 miles to the river’s 

first intersection with the city of Paso 

Robles Corporate Boundary line, T26S/ 

R12E; then 

(2) Proceed westerly and then 

southerly along the meandering city of 

Paso Robles Corporate Boundary line, 

crossing onto the Templeton map, to the 

boundary line’s intersection with 

Peachy Canyon Road, T26S/R12E; then 

(3) Proceed westerly on Peachy 

Canyon Road approximately 2.6 miles, 

crossing to and from the Paso Robles 

map, to the road’s intersection with an 

unnamed intermittent stream at the 

1,100-foot elevation line near the center 

of section 36, T26S/R11; then 

(4) Proceed south-southeasterly 

(downstream) along the unnamed 

intermittent stream approximately 1.2 

miles to the stream’s intersection with 

the R11E/R12E common boundary line, 

section 1, T27S/R11E; then 

(5) Proceed south along the R11E/

R12E common boundary line 

approximately 0.15 mile to the line’s 

intersection with an unnamed light-duty 

road locally known as Kiler Canyon 

Road, section 1, T27S/R11E; then 

(6) Proceed westerly on the light-duty 

and then unimproved Kiler Canyon 

Road approximately 4 miles, crossing 

onto the York Mountain map, to the 

road’s intersection with Summit Canyon 

Road (locally known as Peachy Canyon 

Road), section 33, T26S/R11E; then 

(7) Proceed southwesterly on Summit 

Canyon Road (locally known as Peachy 

Canyon Road) approximately 3.5 miles 

to the road’s intersection with Willow 

Creek Road (locally known as Vineyard 

Drive), T27S/R11E; then 

(8) Proceed southerly on Willow 

Creek Road (locally known as Vineyard 

Drive) approximately 0.4 mile to the 

road’s intersection with Dover Canyon 

Road, T27S/R11E; then 

(9) Proceed westerly on Dover Canyon 

Road approximately 2.8 miles to the 

road’s intersection with an intermittent 

stream and an unnamed jeep trail in 

Dover Canyon, section 14, T27S/R10E; 

then 

(10) Proceed west-northwesterly in a 

straight line approximately 5.7 miles, 

crossing onto the Cypress Mountain 

map, to the R9E/R10E common 

boundary line at the northwest corner of 

section 6, T27S/R10E; then 

(11) Proceed north along the R9E/

R10E common boundary line 

approximately 6.5 miles, crossing onto 

the Lime Mountain map, to the line’s 

intersection with the second unnamed 

intermittent stream that crosses the 

western boundary line of section 31, 

T25S/R10E; then 

(12) Proceed easterly in a straight line 

approximately 0.45 mile to a marked 

1,165-foot peak in section 31, T25S/

R10E, and then continue easterly in a 

straight line approximately 0.8 mile to 

the marked 1,135-foot peak in section 

32, T25S/R10E; then 

(13) Proceed due east-northeasterly in 

a straight line approximately 0.3 mile to 

the line’s intersection with Dip Creek, 

section 32, T25S/R10E; then 

(14) Proceed southeasterly and then 

easterly along Dip Creek approximately 

6 miles, crossing onto the Adelaida 

map, to the creek’s intersection with 

San Miguel Road (locally known as 

Chimney Rock Road), section 13, T26S/ 

R10E; then 

(15) Proceed easterly on San Miguel 

Road (locally known as Chimney Rock 

Road, then Nacimiento Lake Drive, then 

Godfrey Road, and then San Marcos 

Road) approximately 8.6 miles, crossing 

onto the Paso Robles map, to the road’s 

intersection with an unnamed light-duty 

road locally known as Wellsona Road, 

section 6, T26S/R12E; then 

(16) Proceed southeasterly and then 

easterly on Wellsona Road 

approximately 2.0 miles, returning to 

the beginning point. 

§ 9.239 Creston District. 

(a) Name. The name of the viticultural 

area described in this section is 

‘‘Creston District.’’ For purposes of part 

4 of this chapter, ‘‘Creston District’’ is a 

term of viticultural significance. 

(b) Approved maps. The five United 

States Geological Survey (USGS) 

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determine the boundary of the Creston 

District viticultural area are titled: 

(1) Creston, Calif., 1948, photorevised 

1980; 

(2) Shedd Canyon, Calif., 1961; 

(3) Wilson Corner, CA, 1995; 

(4) Camatta Ranch, CA, 1995; and 

(5) Santa Margarita, Calif., 1965, 

revised 1993. 

(c) Boundary. The Creston District 

viticultural area is located in San Luis 

Obispo County, California. The 

boundary of the Creston District 

viticultural area is as described below: 

(1) The beginning point is located on 

the Creston map along the common 

boundary line of the Huerhuero Land 

Grant and section 34, T27S/R13E, at the 

eastern-most intersection of State Route 

41 and an unnamed light-duty road 

locally known as Cripple Creek Road. 

From the beginning point, proceed 

northerly on Cripple Creek Road 

approximately 1 mile to the road’s 

intersection with an unnamed light duty 

road locally known as El Pomar Drive 

(at BM 1052), section 27, T27S/R13E; 

then 

(2) Proceed northeasterly in a straight 

line approximately 0.75 mile to the 

unnamed 1,142-foot elevation point, 

T27S/R13E; then 

(3) Proceed north in a straight line 

approximately 1.2 miles to the line’s 

intersection with an unnamed light duty 

road locally known as Creston Road at 

the southwest corner of section 14, 

T27S/R13E; then 

(4) Proceed east on Creston Road 

approximately 0.35 mile to the road’s 

intersection with an unnamed light-duty 

road known locally as Geneseo Road (at 

BM 1014), T27S/R13E; then 

(5) Proceed north-northwesterly on 

Geneseo Road approximately 0.7 mile to 

the road’s intersection with a jeep trail 

(locally known as Rancho Verano Place) 

and the western boundary line of 

section 14, T27S/R13E; then 

(6) Proceed due east in a straight line 

approximately 0.2 mile to the line’s 

intersection with the Huerhuero Land 

Grant boundary line, section 14, T27S/ 

R13E; then 

(7) Proceed north-northeasterly along 

the Huerhuero Land Grant boundary 

line approximately 0.7 mile to the land 

grant’s northern-most point, and then 

continue east-southeasterly along the 

land grant’s boundary line 

approximately 0.4 mile to the line’s 

intersection with the northern boundary 

line of section 14, T27S/R13E; then 

(8) Proceed east approximately 1.3 

miles along the northern boundary lines 

of sections 14 and 13, T27S/R13E, and 

continue east approximately 0.25 mile 

along the northern boundary line of 

section 18, T27S/R14E, to the Tintersection of two unnamed 

unimproved roads; then 

(9) Proceed east-southeasterly on the 

generally east-west unnamed 

unimproved road approximately 0.85 

mile, crossing onto the Shedd Canyon 

map, to the road’s intersection with the 

eastern boundary line of section 18, 

T27S/R14E; then 

(10) Proceed southeasterly in a 

straight line approximately 1.2 miles to 

the 1,641-foot elevation point located at 

the southeast corner of section 17, 

T27S/R14E; then 

(11) Proceed southeasterly 

approximately 0.55 mile in a straight 

line to BM 1533 (located beside Creston 

Shandon Road (State Route 41)) and 

continue southeasterly in a straight line 

approximately 1.8 miles to the 1,607 

elevation point near the western 

boundary line of section 27, T27S/R14E; 

then 

(12) Proceed east-southeasterly in a 

straight line approximately 1.1 miles to 

the 1.579-foot elevation point at the 

southeast corner of section 27, T27S/

R14E; then 

(13) Proceed east approximately 1.9 

miles along the northern boundary lines 

of sections 35 and 36, T27S/R14E, to the 

section 36 boundary line’s intersection 

with Indian Creek; then 

(14) Proceed southerly (upstream) 

along Indian Creek approximately 5.3 

miles in straight-line distance, crossing 

onto the Wilson Corner map, to the 

creek’s intersection with an unnamed 

light-duty road locally known as La 

Panza Road, section 20, T28S/R15E; 

then 

(15) Proceed southeasterly on La 

Panza Road approximately 0.15 mile to 

the road’s intersection with State Route 

58 at Wilson Corner, section 29, T28S/ 

R15E; then 

(16) Proceed easterly on State Route 

58 approximately 1.4 miles, crossing 

onto the Camatta Ranch map, to the 

road’s intersection with the eastern 

boundary line of section 28, T28S/R15E; 

then 

(17) Proceed south approximately 1.5 

miles along the eastern boundary lines 

of sections 28 and 33, T28S/R15E, to the 

T28S/T29S common boundary line at 

the southeast corner of section 33, 

T28S/15E; then 

(18) Proceed west along the T28S/

T29S common boundary line 

approximately 9.1 miles, crossing over 

the Wilson Corner map and onto the 

Santa Margarita map, to the boundary 

line’s intersection with the Middle 

Branch of Huerhuero Creek, section 31, 

T28S/R14E; then 

(19) Proceed north-northwesterly 

(downstream) along the Middle Branch 

of Huerhuero Creek approximately 2.3 

miles in straight-line distance to the 

creek’s intersection with the southern 

boundary line of section 24, T28S/R13E; 

then 

(20) Proceed west along the southern 

boundary line of section 24, T28S/R13E, 

approximately 0.45 mile to that 

section’s southwestern corner; then 

(21) Proceed north along the western 

boundary line of section 24, T28S/R13E, 

approximately 1.0 mile to the boundary 

line’s intersection with an unnamed 

unimproved road at the section’s 

northwestern corner; then 

(22) Proceed northwesterly on the 

unnamed unimproved road 

approximately 0.7 mile to the road’s 

intersection with State Route 229 near 

BM 1138, section 14, T28S/R13E; then 

(23) Proceed northeasterly on State 

Route 229 approximately 0.2 mile to the 

road’s intersection with the Huerhuero 

Land Grant boundary line, section 14, 

T28S/R13E; then 

(24) Proceed north-northwesterly 

along the boundary of the Huerhuero 

Land Grant approximately 3 miles, 

crossing onto the Creston map and 

returning to the beginning point. 

§ 9.240 El Pomar District. 

(a) Name. The name of the viticultural 

area described in this section is ‘‘El 

Pomar District.’’ For purposes of part 4 

of this chapter, ‘‘El Pomar District’’ is a 

term of viticultural significance. 

(b) Approved maps. The two United 

States Geological Survey (USGS) 

1:24,000 scale topographic maps used to 

determine the boundary of the El Pomar 

District viticultural area are titled: 

(1) Templeton, Calif., 1948, 

photorevised 1979; and 

(2) Creston, Calif., 1948, photorevised 

1980. 

(c) Boundary. The El Pomar District 

viticultural area is located in San Luis 

Obispo County, California. The 

boundary of the El Pomar District 

viticultural area is as described below: 

(1) The beginning point is on the 

southeastern portion of the Templeton 

map at the intersection of State Route 41 

and an unnamed light-duty road locally 

known as Homestead Road, eastnortheast of Atascadero within the 

Asuncion Land Grant. From the 

beginning point, proceed northnorthwesterly on Homestead Road 

approximately 1.1 miles to the road’s 

intersection with an unnamed light-duty 

road locally known as South El Pomar 

Road, Asuncion Land Grant; then 

(2) Proceed north-northwesterly in a 

straight line approximately 0.8 mile to 

the 1,452-foot elevation point, and 

continue north-northwesterly in a 

straight line approximately 0.3 mile to 

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elevation line (marked on the map by a 

triangle), Asuncion Land Grant; then 

(3) Proceed northeasterly in a straight 

line approximately 0.3 mile to the 

1,344-foot elevation point, Asuncion 

Land Grant; then 

(4) Proceed northerly in a series of 

straight lines, totaling approximately 1.4 

miles, through the 1,338-foot and 1,329- 

foot elevation points to the intersection 

of two unnamed light-duty roads locally 

known as El Pomar Drive and Hollyhock 

Lane in the Santa Ysabel Land Grant, 

T27S/R12E; then 

(5) Proceed north-northwesterly on 

Hollyhock Lane approximately 1 mile to 

the road’s intersection with an unnamed 

light-duty road locally known as Neal 

Springs Road, Santa Ysabel Land Grant; 

then 

(6) Proceed west on Neal Springs 

Road approximately 0.4 mile to the 

road’s intersection with an unnamed 

light-duty road locally known as South 

River Road, Santa Ysabel Land Grant; 

then 

(7) Proceed northwesterly and then 

northerly on South River Road 

approximately 2.8 miles to the road’s 

intersection with an unnamed light-duty 

road locally known as Charolais Road 

(0.1 mile north of a marked windmill), 

Santa Ysabel Land Grant; then 

(8) Proceed east-southeasterly on 

Charolais Road approximately 1.4 miles 

to the road’s intersection with an 

unnamed light-duty road locally known 

as Creston Road, Santa Ysabel Land 

Grant; then 

(9) Proceed north and then westnorthwesterly on Creston Road 

approximately 1.9 miles to the road’s 

intersection with a marked telephone 

line (approximately 1.3 miles due east 

of U.S. Route 101) in the Santa Ysabel 

Land Grant, T26/R12E; then 

(10) Proceed easterly in a straight line 

approximately 2 miles, crossing onto the 

Creston map, to the line’s intersection 

with the point where the R12E/R13E 

common boundary line crosses 

Huerhuero Creek, western boundary 

line of section 31, T26S/R13E; then 

(11) Proceed southeasterly (upstream) 

along Huerhuero Creek approximately 

2.4 miles to the creek’s first confluence 

with an unnamed intermittent stream in 

the northwest quadrant of section 8, 

T27S/R13E; then 

(12) Proceed southeasterly in a 

straight line approximately 1.4 miles to 

the 1,255-foot elevation point in the 

northwest quadrant of section 16, T27S/ 

R13E; then 

(13) Proceed easterly in a straight line 

approximately 0.75 mile to an unnamed 

peak above the 1,380-foot elevation line 

(marked on the map with a triangle), 

section 16, T27S/R13E; then 

(14) Proceed east-southeasterly in a 

straight line approximately 0.6 mile to 

the 1,342-foot elevation point in section 

15, T27S/R13E, and then continue eastsoutheasterly in a straight line 

approximately 0.6 mile to the northern 

end of a marked, unnamed light-duty 

road (locally known as a private 

driveway located approximately 430 

feet east of Old Ford Road), section 15, 

T27S/R13E; then 

(15) Proceed south on the marked, 

unnamed light-duty road (locally known 

as a private driveway located 

approximately 430 feet east of Old Ford 

Road) approximately 0.3 mile to the 

road’s intersection with an unnamed 

light-duty road locally known as 

Creston Road, section 15, T27S/R13E; 

then 

(16) Proceed east on Creston Road 

approximately 0.2 mile to the road’s 

intersection with northeast corner of 

section 22, T27S/R13E; then 

(17) Proceed southerly in a straight 

line approximately 1.2 miles to the 

1,142 elevation point in the Huerhuero 

Land Grant (0.1 mile south of a pipe 

line), T27S/R13E; then 

(18) Proceed southwesterly in a 

straight line approximately 0.75 mile to 

BM 1052 located at the intersection of 

two unnamed light-duty roads locally 

known locally as El Pomar Drive and 

Cripple Creek Road, section 27, T27S/

R13E; then 

(19) Proceed south on Cripple Creek 

Road approximately 1.0 mile to the 

road’s eastern-most intersection with 

State Route 41, section 34, T27S/R13E; 

then 

(20) Proceed southwesterly on State 

Route 41 approximately 0.5 mile to the 

marked 1,128-foot elevation point, 

section 3, T28S/R13E; then 

(21) Proceed south-southwesterly in a 

straight line approximately 1.1 miles to 

the southeast corner of section 4, T28S/ 

R13E; then 

(22) Proceed east along the southern 

boundary of section 4 approximately 

0.75 mile to the section line’s 

intersection with State Route 41; then 

(23) Proceed southwesterly on State 

Route 41 approximately 4.5 miles, 

crossing onto the Templeton map and 

returning to the beginning point. 

§ 9.241 Paso Robles Estrella District. 

(a) Name. The name of the viticultural 

area described in this section is ‘‘Paso 

Robles Estrella District.’’ For purposes 

of part 4 of this chapter, ‘‘Paso Robles 

Estrella District’’ and ‘‘Paso Robles 

Estrella’’ are terms of viticultural 

significance. 

(b) Approved maps. The five United 

States Geological Survey 1:24,000 scale 

topographic maps used to determine the 

boundary of the Paso Robles Estrella 

District viticultural area are titled: 

(1) Paso Robles, Calif., 1948, 

photorevised 1979; 

(2) San Miguel, Calif., 1948, 

photorevised 1979; 

(3) Ranchito Canyon, Calif., 1948, 

photorevised 1976; 

(4) Estrella, Calif., 1948, photorevised 

1979; and 

(5) Shandon, Calif., 1961. 

(c) Boundary. The Paso Robles 

Estrella District is located in San Luis 

Obispo County, California. The 

boundary of the Paso Robles Estrella 

District is as described below: 

(1) The beginning point is on the Paso 

Robles map at the confluence of San 

Jacinto Creek and the Estrella River, 

section 26, T25S/R12E. From the 

beginning point, proceed northnortheasterly (upstream) along San 

Jacinto Creek approximately 6.5 miles, 

crossing onto the San Miguel map, to 

the creek’s intersection with the San 

Luis Obispo County–Monterey County 

boundary line, northern boundary of 

section 1, T25S/R12E; then 

(2) Proceed east along the San Luis 

Obispo County–Monterey County 

boundary line approximately 2.4 miles, 

crossing onto the Ranchito Canyon map, 

to the county line’s intersection with an 

unnamed light-duty road locally known 

as Ranchita Canyon Road, northern 

boundary of section 4, T25S/R13E; then 

(3) Proceed east-southeasterly in a 

straight line approximately 4.5 miles to 

the 1,819-foot elevation point in the 

northwestern quadrant of section 18, 

T25S/R14E; then 

(4) Proceed southeasterly in a straight 

line approximately 1.6 miles, crossing 

over the northeastern corner of the 

Estrella map and then onto the Shandon 

map, to the 1,614-foot elevation point in 

the northwestern quadrant of section 20, 

T25S/R14E; then 

(5) Proceed southeasterly in a straight 

line approximately 1.05 miles to the 

1,601-foot elevation point in the 

northeastern quadrant of section 29, 

T25S/R14E; then 

(6) Proceed east-southeasterly in a 

straight line approximately 2.2 miles to 

the 1,562-foot elevation point, section 

34, T25S/R14E; then 

(7) Proceed south-southeasterly in a 

straight line approximately 3 miles to 

the 1,481-foot ‘‘Estrella’’ elevation point, 

section 14, T26S/R14E; then 

(8) Proceed southwesterly in a straight 

line approximately 0.95 mile to the 

intersection of the eastern boundary line 

of section 15, T26S/R14E, and U.S. 446/ 

State Route 41 (now known as State 

Route 46); then 

(9) Proceed south along the eastern 

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approximately 0.55 mile, to the 

intersection of the section 22 boundary 

line and the unnamed intermittent 

stream that flows from Shedd Canyon, 

section 22, T26S/R14E; then 

(10) Proceed southeasterly and then 

southerly (upstream) along the unnamed 

intermittent stream located within 

Shedd Canyon approximately 1.9 miles 

to the stream’s intersection with the 

southern boundary line of section 26, 

T26S/R14E; then 

(11) Proceed west along the southern 

boundary lines of sections 26, 27 and 

28, T26S/R14E, approximately 1.9 miles 

to the section 28 boundary line’s 

intersection with an unnamed 

unimproved road located between the 

1,220- and 1,240-foot contour lines, 

section 28, T26S/R14E; then 

(12) Proceed southwesterly along the 

unnamed unimproved road 

approximately 0.4 miles to a fork and 

then continue on the westerly fork of 

the unnamed unimproved road 

approximately 0.3 miles to the 1,385- 

foot elevation point, section 32, T26S/

R14E; then 

(13) Proceed west-northwesterly in a 

straight line approximately 1.6 miles, 

crossing onto the Estrella map, to the 

line’s intersection with an unnamed 

unimproved road and the southern 

boundary of section 30, T26R/R14E; 

then 

(14) Proceed northerly along the 

unnamed unimproved road 

approximately 2.0 miles to the road’s 

intersection with an unnamed light-duty 

road known locally as River Grove Drive 

in Whitley Gardens, T26S/R14E; then 

(15) Proceed westerly in a straight line 

less than 0.1 mile to the intersection of 

the western boundary line of section 19, 

T26S/R14E and State Route 46, and then 

continue west on State Route 46 

approximately 2.1 miles to the 

southwest corner of section 14, T26S/

R13E; then 

(16) Proceed west along the southern 

boundary lines of sections 14, 15, 16, 

17, and 18 (largely concurrent with 

State Route 46) approximately 4 miles to 

the southwest corner of section 18, 

T26S/R13E; then 

(17) Proceed southwest in a straight 

line approximately 1.45 miles, crossing 

onto the Paso Robles map, to the line’s 

intersection with State Route 46 at the 

southwestern corner of section 24, 

T26S/R12E; then 

(18) Proceed west on State Route 46 

approximately 2.4 miles to the road’s 

intersection with the Salinas River at 

the city of Paso Robles, T26S/R12E; then 

(19) Proceed northerly (downstream) 

along the main channel of the Salinas 

River approximately 5.2 miles in 

straight-line distance to the river’s 

intersection with the northern boundary 

line of section 33, T25S/R12E; then 

(20) Proceed east along the northern 

boundary lines of sections 33, 34, and 

35, T25S/R12E, approximately 1.8 miles 

to the intersection of the section 35 

boundary line with the Estrella River; 

then 

(21) Proceed northerly (downstream) 

along the main channel of the Estrella 

River approximately 0.7 mile, returning 

to the beginning point. 

§ 9.242 Paso Robles Geneseo District. 

(a) Name. The name of the viticultural 

area described in this section is ‘‘Paso 

Robles Geneseo District.’’ For purposes 

of part 4 of this chapter, ‘‘Paso Robles 

Geneseo District’’ and ‘‘Paso Robles 

Geneseo’’ are terms of viticultural 

significance. 

(b) Approved maps. The four United 

States Geological Survey 1:24,000 scale 

topographic maps used to determine the 

boundary of the Paso Robles Geneseo 

District viticultural area are titled: 

(1) Paso Robles, Calif., 1948, 

photorevised 1979; 

(2) Estrella Calif., 1948; photorevised 

1979; 

(3) Creston, Calif., 1948; photorevised 

1980; and 

(4) Templeton, Calif., 1948; 

photorevised 1979. 

(c) Boundary. The Paso Robles 

Geneseo District is located in San Luis 

Obispo County, California. The 

boundary of the Paso Robles Geneseo 

District is as described below: 

(1) The beginning point is on the Paso 

Robles map at the intersection of State 

Route 46 and Golden Hill Road at the 

northwest corner of section 26, T26S/

R12E. From the beginning point, 

proceed east on State Route 46 for 1 

mile to the southwest corner of section 

24, T26S/R12E; then 

(2) Proceed northeast in a straight line 

approximately 1.45 miles, crossing onto 

the Estrella map, to the northwest 

corner of section 19, T26S/R13E; then 

(3) Proceed east along the northern 

boundary lines of sections 19 and 20, 

T26S/R13E, to the section 20 boundary 

line’s intersection with State Route 46 

and then continue east on State Route 

46 to the road’s intersection with the 

eastern boundary line of section 24, 

T26S/R13E; then 

(4) Proceed easterly in a straight line 

less than 0.1 mile to the intersection of 

an unnamed light duty road locally 

known as River Grove Drive and an 

unnamed unimproved road in Whitley 

Gardens, section 19, T26S/R14E; then 

(5) Proceed south on the unnamed 

unimproved road approximately 2 miles 

to the road’s intersection with the 

southern boundary line of section 30, 

T26S/R14E; then 

(6) Proceed west-southwesterly in a 

straight line approximately 1.9 miles, 

crossing onto the Creston map, to the 

intersection of an unnamed light duty 

road locally known as Geneseo Road 

and an unnamed unimproved road 

locally known as Dry Canyon Road (just 

east of a windmill within Dry Canyon), 

section 35, T26S/R13E; then 

(7) Proceed south on Geneseo Road 

approximately 1 mile to the road’s 

intersection with the eastern boundary 

line of section 3, T27S/R13E (near BM 

1200); then 

(8) Proceed south along the eastern 

boundary lines of sections 3, 10, and 15, 

T27S/R13E, approximately 1.9 miles to 

the first intersection of the section 15 

eastern boundary line with the 

unnamed light-duty road locally known 

as Geneseo Road, section 15, T27S/

R13E; then 

(9) Proceed south-southeasterly on 

Geneseo Road approximately 0.85 mile 

to the road’s intersection with an 

unnamed light duty road locally known 

as Creston Road, Huerhuero Land Grant, 

T27S/R13E; then 

(10) Proceed west on Creston Road 0.5 

mile to the road’s intersection with a 

marked, unnamed light-duty road 

(locally known as a private driveway 

located approximately 430 feet east of 

Old Ford Road), southern boundary of 

section 15, T27S/R13E; then 

(11) Proceed north on the marked, 

unnamed light-duty road (locally known 

as a private driveway located 

approximately 430 feet east of Old Ford 

Road) approximately 0.3 mile to the 

road’s end, section 15, T27S/R13E; then 

(12) Proceed west-northwesterly in a 

straight line approximately 0.6 mile to 

the 1,342 foot elevation point in section 

15, T27S/R13E, and then continue westnorthwesterly in a straight line 

approximately 0.6 mile to an unnamed 

peak above the 1,380-foot elevation line 

(marked on the map with a triangle), 

section 16, T27S/R13E; then 

(13) Proceed westerly in a straight line 

approximately 0.75 mile to the 1,255- 

foot elevation point in the northwest 

quadrant of section 16, T27S/R13E; then 

(14) Proceed northwesterly in a 

straight line approximately 1.4 miles to 

the confluence of Huerhuero Creek and 

an unnamed intermittent stream in the 

northwest quadrant of section 8, T27S/ 

R13E; then 

(15) Proceed northwesterly 

(downstream) along Huerhuero Creek 

approximately 2.4 miles to the creek’s 

intersection with the R12E/R13E 

common boundary line, section 31, 

T26S/R13E; then 

(16) Proceed westerly in a straight line 

approximately 2.3 miles, crossing onto 

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intersection with the junction of a 

marked telephone line and an unnamed 

light duty road locally known as Creston 

Road (approximately 1.3 miles due east 

of U.S. Route 101 in the Santa Ysabel 

Land Grant, T26S/R12E; then 

(17) Proceed west on Creston Road 

approximately 0.05 mile to the road’s 

intersection with an unnamed light-duty 

road locally known as Rolling Hills 

Road, Santa Ysabel Land Grant; then 

(18) Proceed north on Rolling Hills 

Road, crossing onto the Paso Robles 

map (where a portion of Rolling Hills 

Road is labeled Golden Hill Road), and 

continue north on Rolling Hills Road 

and then Golden Hill Road (a total 

distance of approximately 1.5 miles), 

returning to the beginning point. 

§ 9.243 Paso Robles Highlands District. 

(a) Name. The name of the viticultural 

area described in this section is ‘‘Paso 

Robles Highlands District.’’ For 

purposes of part 4 of this chapter, ‘‘Paso 

Robles Highlands District’’ and ‘‘Paso 

Robles Highlands’’ are terms of 

viticultural significance. 

(b) Approved maps. The six United 

States Geological Survey 1:24,000 scale 

topographic maps used to determine the 

boundary of the Paso Robles Highlands 

District viticultural area are titled: 

(1) Camatta Ranch, CA, 1995; 

(2) Wilson Corner, CA, 1995; 

(3) Shedd Canyon, Calif., 1961, 

revised 1993; 

(4) Camatta Canyon, Calif., 1961, 

revised 1993; 

(5) Holland Canyon, Calif., 1961, 

revised 1993; and 

(6) La Panza Ranch, CA, 1995. 

(c) Boundary. The Paso Robles 

Highlands District viticultural area is 

located in San Luis Obispo County, 

California. The boundary of the Paso 

Robles Highlands District viticultural 

area is as described below: 

(1) The beginning point is on the 

Camatta Ranch map along the T28S/

T29S common boundary line (also 

concurrent with the northern boundary 

line of the Los Padres National Forest) 

at the southwest corner of section 34, 

T28S/R15E. From the beginning point, 

proceed north along the western 

boundary lines of sections 34 and 27, 

T28S/R15E, approximately 1.5 miles to 

the section 27 boundary line’s 

intersection with State Route 58; then 

(2) Proceed west on State Route 58 

approximately 1.5 miles, crossing onto 

the Wilson Corner map, to the road’s 

intersection with an unnamed light-duty 

road known locally as La Panza Road at 

Wilson Corner, section 29, T28S/R15E; 

then 

(3) Proceed northwest on the 

unnamed light-duty road known locally 

as La Panza Road approximately 0.15 

mile to the road’s intersection with 

Indian Creek, section 20, T28S/R15E; 

then 

(4) Proceed north-northwesterly 

(downstream) along the meandering 

Indian Creek approximately 8.5 miles in 

straight-line distance, crossing onto the 

Shedd Canyon map, to the creek’s 

intersection with the northern boundary 

line of section 13, T27S/R14E, within 

Shedd Canyon; then 

(5) Proceed east approximately 6.2 

miles along the northern boundary line 

of section 13, T27S/R14E, and the 

northern boundary lines of sections 18, 

17, 16, 15, 14, and 13, T27S/R15E, 

crossing onto the Camatta Canyon map, 

to the intersection of the northern 

boundary line of section 13, T27S/R15E, 

with the 1,200-foot elevation line on the 

western edge of the San Juan Valley; 

then 

(6) Proceed southerly then easterly 

along the 1,200-foot elevation line to the 

elevation line’s first intersection with 

the eastern boundary line of section 13, 

T27S/R15E; then 

(7) Proceed south along the eastern 

boundary line of section 13, T27S/R15E, 

approximately 0.2 mile to the section 13 

boundary line’s second intersection 

with an unnamed unimproved road; 

then 

(8) Proceed southeasterly on the 

unnamed unimproved road 

approximately 3 miles as it follows the 

southwestern edge of the San Juan 

Valley to the road’s intersection with 

the eastern boundary line of section 29, 

T27S/R16E; then 

(9) Proceed south along the eastern 

boundary line of section 29, T27S/R16E, 

approximately 0.3 mile to the section 

line’s intersection with the 1,300-foot 

elevation line; then 

(10) Proceed southeasterly along the 

1,300-foot elevation line approximately 

3.7 miles as it follows the southwestern 

edge of the San Juan Valley, crossing 

onto the Holland Canyon map, to the 

elevation line’s first intersection with 

the eastern boundary line of section 3, 

T28S/R16E; then 

(11) Proceed south along the eastern 

boundary line of section 3, T28S/R16E, 

approximately 0.55 mile to the section 

boundary line’s fifth intersection with 

the 1,300-foot elevation line (northwest 

of Pear Tree Spring); then 

(12) Proceed southeasterly along the 

1,300-foot elevation line approximately 

1.3 miles to the elevation line’s 

intersection with an unnamed tributary 

of San Juan Creek (approximately 0.35 

mile east of the 1,686-foot San Juan 

peak), section 11, T28S/R16E; then 

(13) Proceed southerly in a straight 

line approximately 0.6 mile, crossing 

onto the La Panza Ranch map, to the 

northwestern corner of section 13, 

T28S/R16E; then 

(14) Proceed east along the northern 

boundary line of section 13, T28S/R16E, 

approximately 0.7 mile to the section 

boundary line’s intersection with an 

unnamed unimproved road; then 

(15) Proceed south-southeasterly on 

the unnamed unimproved road 

approximately 0.85 mile to the road’s 

intersection with the eastern boundary 

line of section 13, T28S/R16E, which is 

concurrent with the R16E/R17E 

common boundary line; then 

(16) Proceed south along the R16E/

R17E common boundary line 

approximately 3.35 miles to the 

southeast corner of section 36, T28S/

R16E, which is concurrent with the 

eastern-most intersection of the R16E/

R17E and T28S/T29S common 

boundary lines; then 

(17) Proceed west along the T28S/

R29S common boundary line 

approximately 9.1 miles, crossing onto 

the Camatta Ranch map, returning to the 

beginning point. 

§ 9.244 Paso Robles Willow Creek District. 

(a) Name. The name of the viticultural 

area described in this section is ‘‘Paso 

Robles Willow Creek District.’’ For 

purposes of part 4 of this chapter, ‘‘Paso 

Robles Willow Creek District’’ is a term 

of viticultural significance. 

(b) Approved maps. The three United 

States Geological Survey 1:24,000 scale 

topographic maps used to determine the 

boundary of the Paso Robles Willow 

Creek District viticultural area are titled: 

(1) York Mountain, Calif., 1948, 

photorevised 1979; 

(2) Templeton, Calif., 1948, 

photorevised 1979; and 

(3) Paso Robles, Calif. 1948, 

photorevised 1979. 

(c) Boundary. The Paso Robles Willow 

Creek District is located in San Luis 

Obispo County, California. The 

boundary of the Paso Robles Willow 

Creek District is as follows: 

(1) The beginning point is on the York 

Mountain map at the intersection of 

Summit Canyon Road (locally known as 

Peachy Canyon Road), and an unnamed 

unimproved road locally known as Kiler 

Canyon Road, section 33, T26S/R11E. 

From the beginning point, proceed 

southerly and then southwesterly on 

Summit Canyon Road (locally known as 

Peachy Canyon Road) approximately 3.3 

miles to the road’s intersection with 

Willow Canyon Road (locally known as 

Vineyard Drive), Paso de Robles Land 

Grant; then 

(2) Proceed southerly on Willow 

Creek Road (locally known as Vineyard 

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intersection with Dover Canyon Road; 

then 

(3) Proceed westerly then southerly 

on Dover Canyon Road approximately 1 

mile to the road’s intersection with the 

common boundary line of section 18, 

T27S/R11E, and the Paso de Robles 

Land Grant; then 

(4) Proceed east, south, and southeast 

along the Paso de Robles Land Grant 

Boundary line approximately 1.9 miles 

to the fourth crossing of an unnamed 

intermittent tributary of Jack Creek by 

the common boundary line of section 

20, T27S/R11E, and the Paso de Robles 

Land Grant; then 

(5) Proceed northerly (downstream) 

along the unnamed intermittent 

tributary of Jack Creek approximately 

0.15 mile to the tributary’s confluence 

with Jack Creek, Paso de Robles Land 

Grant; then 

(6) Proceed southeasterly 

(downstream) along Jack Creek 

approximately 1.8 miles to the creek’s 

intersection with an unnamed light-duty 

road locally known as Jack Creek Road 

(near BM 920), Paso de Robles Land 

Grant; then 

(7) Proceed northeasterly and then 

east-southeasterly along Jack Creek Road 

approximately 1 mile to the road’s 

intersection with State Route 46; then 

(8) Proceed east on State Route 46 

approximately 0.15 mile to the road’s 

intersection with an unnamed light-duty 

road locally known as Hidden Valley 

Road, Paso de Robles Land Grant; then 

(9) Proceed southeasterly and then 

easterly on Hidden Valley Road 

approximately 2.2 miles, crossing onto 

the Templeton map, to the road’s 

intersection with an unnamed light-duty 

road locally known as Vineyard Drive, 

Paso de Robles Land Grant; then 

(10) Proceed east on Vineyard Drive 

approximately 0.85 mile to the road’s 

intersection with an unnamed light-duty 

road locally known as S. Bethel Road, 

Paso de Robles Land Grant; then 

(11) Proceed north-northeasterly on S. 

Bethel Road and then N. Bethel Road 

approximately 1.7 miles to the road’s 

fifth intersection with an unnamed 

intermittent stream, Paso de Robles 

Land Grant; then 

(12) Proceed westerly (upstream) 

along the unnamed intermittent stream 

and then the stream’s middle branch 

approximately 1.1 miles to the marked 

end of the stream, and then continue 

due west in a straight line 

approximately 0.05 mile to State Route 

46 (Cayucos Road), Paso de Robles Land 

Grant; then 

(13) Proceed northeasterly on State 

Route 46 (Cayucos Road) approximately 

0.8 mile to BM 924, Paso de Robles 

Land Grant; then 

(14) Proceed due north in a straight 

line to the southeast corner of section 

12, T27S/R11E, and continue north 

along the eastern boundary line of 

section 12, a total of approximately 1.1 

miles, to the section boundary line’s 

intersection with a light-duty road 

locally known as Live Oak Road; then 

(15) Proceed easterly on Live Oak 

Road approximately 0.2 mile to the 

road’s intersection with an unnamed 

intermittent stream, Paso de Robles 

Land Grant; then 

(16) Proceed northwesterly (upstream) 

along the unnamed intermittent stream 

approximately 0.35 mile to the eastern 

boundary line of section 12, T27S/R11E; 

then 

(17) Proceed north along the eastern 

boundary line of section 12, T27S/R11E, 

to the section’s northeast corner, and 

then proceed east along the southern 

boundary line of section 6, T27S/R11E, 

a total of approximately 1.3 miles, to the 

intersection of the section 6 boundary 

line with an unnamed light-duty road 

locally known as Arbor Road; then 

(18) Proceed south-southeasterly on 

Arbor Road approximately 0.35 mile to 

the road’s first intersection with an 

unnamed intermittent stream, Paso de 

Robles Land Grant; then 

(19) Proceed southeasterly and then 

easterly (downstream) along the 

unnamed intermittent stream 

approximately 1.4 miles to the stream’s 

intersection with an unnamed light-duty 

road known locally as S. Vine Street, 

just west of the U.S. 101/State Route 46 

interchange, Paso de Robles Land Grant; 

then 

(20) Proceed northerly along S. Vine 

Street (which generally parallels U.S. 

101) approximately 1.8 miles to the 

street’s intersection with the marked 

city of Paso Robles Corporate Boundary 

line (concurrent with the locally-known 

intersection of S. Vine and 1st Streets), 

Paso de Robles Land Grant; then 

(21) Proceed west, north, west, and 

north again along the marked city of 

Paso Robles Corporate Boundary line 

approximately 1 mile to the boundary 

line’s junction with the intersection of 

an unnamed light-duty road locally 

known as Merry Hill Road and Peachy 

Canyon Road, Paso de Robles Land 

Grant; then 

(22) Proceed westerly on Peachy 

Canyon Road approximately 2.6 miles, 

crossing to and from the Paso Robles 

map, to the road’s intersection with an 

unnamed intermittent stream near the 

center of section 36, T26S/R11E; then 

(23) Proceed south-southeasterly 

(downstream) along the unnamed 

intermittent stream approximately 1.2 

miles to the stream’s intersection with 

the eastern boundary line of section 1, 

T27S/R11E; then 

(24) Proceed south along the eastern 

boundary line of section 1, T27S/R11E, 

approximately 0.15 mile to the line’s 

intersection with an unnamed light-duty 

road locally known as Kiler Canyon 

Road, section 1, T27S/R11E; then 

(25) Proceed westerly on Kiler Canyon 

Road approximately 3.7 miles, crossing 

onto the York Mountain map, returning 

to the beginning point. 

§ 9.245 San Juan Creek. 

(a) Name. The name of the viticultural 

area described in this section is ‘‘San 

Juan Creek.’’ For purposes of part 4 of 

this chapter, ‘‘San Juan Creek’’ is a term 

of viticultural significance. 

(b) Approved maps. The six United 

States Geological Survey 1:24,000 scale 

topographic maps used to determine the 

boundary of the San Juan Creek 

viticultural area are titled: 

(1) Cholame, Calif., 1961, revised 

1993; 

(2) Camatta Canyon, Calif., 1961, 

revised 1993; 

(3) Holland Canyon, Calif. 1961, 

revised 1993; 

(4) La Panza Ranch, CA, 1995; 

(5) Shedd Canyon, Calif., 1961, 

revised 1993; and 

(6) Shandon, Calif., 1961, revised 

1993. 

(c) Boundary. The San Juan Creek 

viticultural area is located in San Luis 

Obispo County, California. The 

boundary of the San Juan Creek 

viticultural area is as described below: 

(1) The beginning point is on the 

Cholame map in the Shandon Valley at 

the intersection of State Route 41 and 

San Juan Road, northern boundary of 

section 21, T26S/R15E. From the 

beginning point on the Cholame map, 

and crossing onto the Camatta Canyon 

map and then the Holland Canyon map, 

proceed south and then southeasterly 

approximately 16 miles along the 

eastern edge of the Shandon Valley and 

then the San Juan Valley by following 

San Juan Road (also locally known in 

places as Shandon San Juan Road, 

Camatti-Shandon Road, Bitterwater 

Canyon Road, and then San Juan Road 

again), passing the San Juan Ranch 

(where to road is marked as 

unimproved), to the road’s intersection 

with the San Luis Obispo–Kern County 

boundary line at the eastern boundary 

line of section 12, T28S/R16E, which is 

also concurrent with the R16E/R17E 

common boundary line; then 

(2) Proceed south along the R16E/

R17E common boundary line 

approximately 1.3 miles, crossing onto 

the La Panza Ranch map, to the 

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unnamed unimproved road locally 

known as Navajo Creek Road, 

immediately south of the 1,340-foot 

elevation line, section 13, T28S/R16E; 

then 

(3) Proceed north-northwesterly on 

Navajo Creek Road to the road’s 

intersection with the southern boundary 

line of section 12, T28S/R16E; then 

(4) Proceed west along the southern 

boundary line of section 12, T28S/R16E, 

approximately 0.7 mile to the section’s 

southwestern corner; then 

(5) Proceed northerly in a straight line 

approximately 0.6 mile, crossing onto 

the Holland Canyon map, to the 

intersection of the 1,300-foot elevation 

line and an unnamed tributary of San 

Juan Creek (approximately 0.35 mile 

east of the 1,686-foot San Juan peak), in 

section 11, T28S/R16E; then 

(6) Proceed northwesterly along the 

1,300-foot elevation line approximately 

1.3 miles to the line’s first intersection 

with the western boundary line of 

section 2, T28S/R16E, northwest of Pear 

Tree Spring; then 

(7) Proceed north along the western 

boundary line of section 2 

approximately 0.55 to the section 

boundary line’s last intersection with 

the 1,300-foot elevation line, near the 

northwestern corner of section 2, T28S/ 

R16E; then 

(8) Proceed northwesterly along the 

meandering 1,300-foot elevation line 

approximately 3.7 miles, crossing onto 

the Camatta Canyon map, to the 

elevation line’s intersection with the 

western boundary line of section 28, 

T27S/R16E; then 

(9) Proceed north along the western 

boundary line of section 28 

approximately 0.15 mile to the section 

boundary line’s intersection with an 

unnamed unimproved road, section 28, 

T27S/R16E; then 

(10) Proceed northwesterly on the 

unnamed unimproved road 

approximately 3 miles as it follows the 

southwestern edge of the San Juan 

Valley to the road’s intersection with 

western boundary line of section 18, 

T27S/R16E; then 

(11) Proceed north along the western 

boundary line of section 18, T27S/R16E, 

approximately 0.2 mile to the section 

boundary line’s intersection with 1,200- 

foot elevation line, section 18, T27S/

R16E; then 

(12) Proceed westerly then northerly 

along the 1,200-foot elevation line to the 

elevation line’s intersection with the 

southern boundary of section 12, T27S/ 

R15E; then 

(13) Proceed west approximately 6.4 

miles along the southern boundary lines 

of sections 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, and 7, T27S/ 

R15E, crossing onto the Shedd Canyon 

map, and continue west along the 

southern boundary lines of sections 12 

and 11, T27S/R14E, to the intersection 

of the southern boundary line of section 

11 with an unnamed unimproved road 

locally known as Shedd Canyon Road 

(within Shedd Canyon 0.1 mile west of 

State Route 41); then 

(14) Proceed northerly on Shedd 

Canyon Road approximately 3.2 miles, 

crossing onto the Shandon map, to the 

road’s intersection with the southern 

boundary line of section 26, T26S/R14E; 

then 

(15) Proceed west along the southern 

boundary line of section 26, T26S/R14E, 

to the boundary line’s intersection with 

the unnamed intermittent stream 

located within Shedd Canyon; then 

(16) Proceed northerly along the 

unnamed intermittent stream located 

within Shedd Canyon approximately 1.8 

miles to the stream’s intersection with 

the western boundary line of section 23, 

T26S/R14E; then 

(17) Proceed north along the western 

boundary lines of sections 23 and 14, 

T26S/R14E, approximately 0.6 mile to 

the section 14 boundary line’s 

intersection with State Route 46; then 

(18) Proceed northeasterly in a 

straight line approximately 0.95 mile to 

the 1,481-foot ‘‘Estrella’’ elevation point, 

section 14, T26S/R14E; then 

(19) Proceed north-northwesterly in a 

straight line approximately 1.25 miles to 

the line’s intersection with 1,300-foot 

elevation line and the northern 

boundary line of section 11, T26S/R14E; 

then 

(20) Proceed east along northern 

section boundary lines of sections 11 

and 12, T26S/R14E, and the northern 

boundary lines of sections 7, 8, 9, and 

10, T26S/R15E, approximately 5.9 miles 

in total distance and crossing onto the 

Cholame map, to the northeast corner of 

section 10, T26S/R15E (adjacent to State 

Routes 41/46); then 

(21) Proceed south along the eastern 

boundary line of section 10, T26S/R15E, 

approximately 1 mile to the section’s 

southeast corner; then 

(22) Proceed west-southwesterly in a 

straight line approximately 1.8 miles, 

returning to the beginning point. 

§ 9.246 San Miguel District. 

(a) Name. The name of the viticultural 

area described in this section is ‘‘San 

Miguel District.’’ For purposes of part 4 

of this chapter, ‘‘San Miguel District’’ is 

a term of viticultural significance. 

(b) Approved maps. The three United 

States Geological Survey 1:24,000 scale 

topographic maps used to determine the 

boundary of the San Miguel District 

viticultural area are titled: 

(1) San Miguel, Calif., 1948, 

photorevised 1979; 

(2) Paso Robles, Calif., 1948, 

photorevised 1979; and 

(3) Adelaida, Calif., 1948, 

photorevised 1978. 

(c) Boundary. The San Miguel District 

is located in San Luis Obispo County, 

California. The boundary of the San 

Miguel District is as described below: 

(1) The beginning point is on the San 

Miguel map at the intersection of U.S. 

Highway 101 and the San Luis Obispo– 

Monterey County boundary line, section 

1, T25S/R11E. From the beginning 

point, proceed east along the San Luis 

Obispo-Monterey County line 

approximately 5.9 miles to the county 

line’s intersection with San Jacinto 

Creek, section 1, T25S/R12E; then 

(2) Proceed south-southwesterly 

(downstream) along San Jacinto Creek 

for approximately 6.5 miles, crossing on 

to the Paso Robles map, to the creek’s 

confluence with the Estrella River, 

section 26, T25S/R12E; then 

(3) Proceed southerly (upstream) 0.7 

mile along the main channel of the 

Estrella River to the river’s intersection 

with the southern boundary line of 

section 26, T25S/R12E; then 

(4) Proceed west along the southern 

boundary lines of sections 26, 27, and 

28, T25S/R12E, approximately 1.85 

miles to the section 28 boundary line’s 

intersection with the Salinas River; then 

(5) Proceed southerly (upstream) 

along the main channel of the Salinas 

River approximately 1.6 miles to the 

river’s intersection with an unnamed 

light-duty road locally known as 

Wellsona Road, section 4, T26S/R12E; 

then 

(6) Proceed west then northwesterly 

on Wellsona Road approximately 2 

miles to the road’s intersection with San 

Miguel Road (locally known as San 

Marcos Road), section 6, T26S/R12E; 

then 

(7) Proceed west-southwesterly on 

San Miguel Road (locally known as San 

Marcos Road) approximately 2.6 miles, 

crossing onto the Adelaida map, to the 

road’s intersection with the eastern 

boundary line of the Camp Roberts 

Military Reservation (approximately 400 

feet east of the road’s intersection with 

Generals Road), section 2, T26S/R11E; 

then 

(8) Proceed northerly along the 

meandering eastern boundary line of the 

Camp Roberts Military Reservation 

(approximately 6.3 miles in straight line 

distance), crossing onto the San Miguel 

map, to the intersection of the military 

reservation’s boundary line with U.S. 

Highway 101 near the northeast corner 

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(9) Proceed northwesterly on U.S. 

Highway 101 approximately 1.55 miles, 

returning to the beginning point. 

§ 9.247 Santa Margarita Ranch. 

(a) Name. The name of the viticultural 

area described in this section is ‘‘Santa 

Margarita Ranch.’’ For purposes of part 

4 of this chapter, ‘‘Santa Margarita 

Ranch’’ is a term of viticultural 

significance. 

(b) Approved maps. The four United 

States Geological Survey 1:24,000 scale 

topographic maps used to determine the 

boundary of the Santa Margarita Ranch 

viticultural area are titled: 

(1) Santa Margarita, Calif., 1965, 

revised 1993; 

(2) Lopez Mountain, CA, 1995; 

(3) San Luis Obispo, CA, 1995; and 

(4) Atascadero, CA, 1995. 

(c) Boundary. The Santa Margarita 

Ranch is located in San Luis Obispo 

County, California. The boundary of the 

Santa Margarita Ranch is as follows: 

(1) The beginning point is on the 

Santa Margarita map at the intersection 

of the northern boundary line of section 

10, T29S/R13E, and the Salinas River. 

From the beginning point, proceed 

southerly (upstream) along the 

meandering Salinas River 

approximately 7.9 miles, crossing onto 

the Lopez Mountain map, to the river’s 

intersection with the R13E/R14E 

boundary line, which coincides with the 

eastern boundary line of section 36, 

T29S/R13E; then 

(2) Proceed south along the R13E/

R14E boundary line approximately 3.2 

miles to the boundary line’s first 

intersection with the Los Padres 

National Forest boundary line, section 

13, T30S/R13E; then 

(3) Proceed northwesterly along the 

Los Padres National Forest boundary 

line approximately 4 miles to the Forest 

boundary line’s intersection with the 

T29S/T30S boundary line, near the 

northwest corner of section 3, T30S/

R13E; then 

(4) Proceed west along the Los Padres 

National Forest boundary line and then 

the T29S/T30S boundary line 

approximately 2 miles to the southwest 

corner of section 32, T29S/R13E; then 

(5) Proceed north along the western 

boundary line of section 32, T29S/R13E, 

and then the Los Padres National Forest 

boundary line to northwest corner of 

section 32 where the Forest boundary 

line makes a 90 degree turn to the west; 

then 

(6) Proceed west along the Los Padres 

National Forest boundary line 

approximately 1.5 miles, crossing onto 

the San Luis Obispo map, to the point 

where the Los Padres National Forest 

boundary line first dips to the south and 

is no longer concurrent with the 

northern boundary line of section 36, 

T29S/R12E; then 

(7) Proceed north-northwesterly in a 

straight line approximately 2.25 miles, 

crossing onto the Atascadero map, to the 

western-most intersection of the 1,400- 

foot elevation line with the northern 

boundary line of section 23, T29S/R12E; 

then 

(8) Proceed west along the northern 

boundary line of section 23, T29S/R12E, 

approximately 0.6 mile to the section’s 

northeast corner; then 

(9) Proceed east along the western 

boundary line of section 13, T29S/R12E, 

to the section’s northwest corner, and 

then continue east along the northern 

boundary line of section 13, T29S/R12E, 

to the section boundary line’s 

intersection with the R12E/R13E 

common boundary line at section 13’s 

northeast corner; then 

(10) Proceed due north along the 

R12E/R13E common boundary line 

approximately 0.75 mile to the 

boundary line’s intersection with the Tintersection of two unnamed 

unimproved roads, locally known as 

Powerline Road and Santa Margarita 

Road; then 

(11) Proceed easterly and then eastnortheasterly on Santa Margarita Road 

approximately 1.5 miles, crossing onto 

the Santa Margarita map, to the road’s 

intersection with El Camino Real, Santa 

Margarita Land Grant, T29S/R13E; then 

(12) Proceed southeasterly on El 

Camino Real approximately 300 feet to 

the road’s intersection with an unnamed 

light-duty road locally known as 

Asuncion Road at BM 931 (just south of 

Santa Margarita Creek), Santa Margarita 

Land Grant; then 

(13) Proceed northeasterly on 

Asuncion Road approximately 0.3 mile 

(crossing a railroad line) to the road’s 

intersection with Chispa Road; then 

(14) Proceed due east in a straight line 

approximately 0.1 mile to the line’s 

intersection with the boundary line of 

the Santa Margarita Land Grant, which, 

at this point, is concurrent with the 

southwestern boundary line of section 

5, T29S/R13E; then 

(15) Proceed southeasterly along the 

Santa Margarita Land Grant boundary 

line approximately 0.7 mile to the 

boundary line’s intersection with the 

northwest corner of section 9, T29S/

R13E, and then continue east along the 

northern boundary lines of sections 9 

and 10, T29S/R13E, approximately 1.15 

miles, returning to the beginning point. 

§ 9.248 Templeton Gap District. 

(a) Name. The name of the viticultural 

area described in this section is 

‘‘Templeton Gap District.’’ For purposes 

of part 4 of this chapter, ‘‘Templeton 

Gap District’’ is a term of viticultural 

significance. 

(b) Approved maps. The two United 

States Geological Survey 1:24,000 scale 

topographic maps used to determine the 

boundary of the Templeton Gap District 

viticultural area are titled: 

(1) Templeton, Calif., 1948, 

photorevised 1979; and 

(2) York Mountain, Calif., 1948, 

photorevised 1979. 

(c) Boundary. The Templeton Gap 

viticultural area is located in San Luis 

Obispo County, California. The 

boundary of the Templeton Gap District 

viticultural area is as follows: 

(1) The beginning point is on the 

northern portion of the Templeton map 

at the point where the marked southern 

city of Paso Robles Corporate Boundary 

line intersects the Salinas River (now 

very approximate to the point where 

Niblick Road crosses the Salinas River). 

From the beginning point, proceed 

southerly (upstream) along the Salinas 

River approximately 1.1 miles to the 

river’s confluence with the first marked 

unnamed intermittent stream flowing 

from the east, Santa Ysabel Land Grant; 

then 

(2) Proceed southeasterly (upstream) 

along the unnamed intermittent stream 

approximately 0.4 mile to the stream’s 

intersection with an unnamed light-duty 

road locally known as S. River Road, 

Santa Ysabel Land Grant; then 

(3) Proceed southeasterly then 

southerly on S. River Road 

approximately 2.2 miles to the road’s 

intersection with an unnamed light-duty 

road locally known as Neal Springs 

Road, Santa Ysabel Land Grant; then 

(4) Proceed east on Neal Springs 

Roads approximately 0.4 mile to the 

road’s intersection with an unnamed 

light-duty road locally known as 

Hollyhock Lane, Santa Ysabel Land 

Grant; then 

(5) Proceed south-southeasterly on 

Hollyhock Lane approximately 0.95 

mile to the road’s intersection with an 

unnamed light-duty road locally known 

as El Pomar Drive, Santa Ysabel Land 

Grant; then 

(6) Proceed southerly in a series of 

straight lines, totaling approximately 1.4 

miles, through the 1,329-foot and 1,338- 

foot elevation points (crossing from the 

Santa Ysabel to the Asuncion Land 

Grants) to the 1,344-foot elevation point; 

then 

(7) Proceed southwesterly in a straight 

line approximately 0.3 mile to the 

elevation control point (marked by a 

triangle) above the 1,440-foot contour 

line, Asuncion Land Grant; then 

(8) Proceed south-southeasterly in a 

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the 1,452-foot elevation point, and 

continue south-southwesterly in a 

straight line approximately 0.3 mile to 

the intersection of two light-duty roads 

locally known as S. El Pomar Road and 

Homestead Road, Asuncion Land Grant; 

then 

(9) Proceed west-southwesterly in a 

straight line approximately 1.1 miles to 

the point where an unnamed light-duty 

road locally known as Templeton Road 

intersects with an unnamed intermittent 

stream (where Templeton Road makes a 

90 degree turn at its junction with two 

unnamed unimproved roads), Asuncion 

Land Grant; then 

(10) Proceed westerly (downstream) 

along the unnamed intermittent stream 

approximately 0.5 mile to the stream’s 

confluence with the Salinas River, 

Asuncion Land Grant; then 

(11) Proceed westerly (downstream) 

along the Salinas River approximately 

2.3 miles to the river’s intersection with 

the boundary line of the Paso de Robles 

Land Grant; then 

(12) Proceed southwesterly along the 

boundary line of the Paso de Robles 

Land Grant approximately 2.3 miles to 

the point where the boundary line turns 

sharply to the northwest; then 

(13) Proceed northwesterly 

approximately 4.65 miles along the 

boundary line of the Paso de Robles 

Land Grant, crossing onto the York 

Mountain map, to the point where the 

boundary line turns due north 

(coincides with the southeast corner of 

section 32, T27S/R11E); then 

(14) Proceed north and then northnortheasterly along the boundary line of 

the Paso de Robles Land Grant 

approximately 1.5 miles to the point 

where the boundary line turns sharply 

to the northwest (coincides with the 

eastern-most point of section 20, T27S/ 

R11E); then 

(15) Proceed northwesterly along the 

boundary line of the Paso de Robles 

Land Grant approximately 0.3 mile to 

the eastern-most fork of an unnamed 

three-fork tributary of the Jack Creek; 

then 

(16) Proceed northerly (downstream) 

along the unnamed intermittent 

tributary of Jack Creek approximately 

0.15 mile to the tributary’s confluence 

with Jack Creek, Paso de Robles Land 

Grant; then 

(17) Proceed southeasterly 

(downstream) along Jack Creek 

approximately 1.8 miles to the creek’s 

intersection with an unnamed light-duty 

road locally known as Jack Creek Road 

(near BM 920), Paso de Robles Land 

Grant; then 

(18) Proceed northeasterly and then 

east-southeasterly along Jack Creek Road 

approximately 1 mile to the road’s 

intersection with State Route 46; then 

(19) Proceed east on State Route 46 

approximately 0.15 mile to the road’s 

intersection with an unnamed light-duty 

road locally known as Hidden Valley 

Road, Paso de Robles Land Grant; then 

(20) Proceed southeasterly and then 

easterly on Hidden Valley Road 

approximately 2.2 miles, crossing onto 

the Templeton map, to the road’s 

intersection with an unnamed light-duty 

road locally known as Vineyard Drive, 

Paso de Robles Land Grant; then 

(21) Proceed east on Vineyard Drive 

approximately 0.85 mile to the road’s 

intersection with an unnamed light-duty 

road locally known as S. Bethel Road, 

Paso de Robles Land Grant; then 

(22) Proceed north-northeasterly on S. 

Bethel Road and then N. Bethel Road 

approximately 1.7 miles to the road’s 

fifth intersection with an unnamed 

intermittent stream, Paso de Robles 

Land Grant; then 

(23) Proceed westerly (upstream) 

along the unnamed intermittent stream 

and then the stream’s middle branch 

approximately 1.1 miles to the marked 

end of the stream, and then continue 

due west in a straight line 

approximately 0.05 mile to State Route 

46 (Cayucos Road), Paso de Robles Land 

Grant; then 

(24) Proceed northeasterly on State 

Route 46 (Cayucos Road) approximately 

0.8 mile to BM 924, Paso de Robles 

Land Grant; then 

(25) Proceed due north in a straight 

line to the southeast corner of section 

12, T27S/R11E, and continue north 

along the eastern boundary line of 

section 12, a total of approximately 1.1 

miles, to the section boundary line’s 

intersection with a light-duty road 

locally known as Live Oak Road; then 

(26) Proceed easterly on Live Oak 

Road approximately 0.2 mile to the 

road’s intersection with an unnamed 

intermittent stream, Paso de Robles 

Land Grant; then 

(27) Proceed northwesterly (upstream) 

along the unnamed intermittent stream 

approximately 0.35 mile to the eastern 

boundary line of section 12, T27S/R11E; 

then 

(28) Proceed north along the eastern 

boundary line of section 12, T27S/R11E, 

to the section’s northeast corner, and 

then proceed east along the southern 

boundary line of section 6, T27S/R11E, 

a total of approximately 1.3 miles, to the 

intersection of the section 6 boundary 

line with an unnamed light-duty road 

locally known as Arbor Road; then 

(29) Proceed south-southeasterly on 

Arbor Road approximately 0.35 mile to 

the road’s first intersection with an 

unnamed intermittent stream, Paso de 

Robles Land Grant; then 

(30) Proceed southeasterly and then 

easterly (downstream) along the 

unnamed intermittent stream 

approximately 1.4 miles to the stream’s 

intersection with an unnamed light-duty 

road known locally as S. Vine Street, 

just west of the U.S. 101/State Route 46 

interchange, Paso de Robles Land Grant; 

then 

(31) Proceed northerly along S. Vine 

Street (which generally parallels U.S. 

101) approximately 1.8 miles to the 

street’s intersection with the marked 

city of Paso Robles Corporate Boundary 

line (concurrent with the locally-known 

intersection of S. Vine and 1st Streets), 

Paso de Robles Land Grant; then 

(32) Proceed east along the marked 

city of Paso Robles Corporate Boundary 

line (now very approximate to the 

alignment of 1st Street and then Niblick 

Road) approximately 0.5 mile, returning 

to the beginning point. 

Signed: September 4, 2014. 

John J. Manfreda, 

Administrator. 

Approved: September 9, 2014. 

Timothy E. Skud, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary (Tax, Trade, and 

Tariff Policy). 

[FR Doc. 2014–24169 Filed 10–8–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–31–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau 

27 CFR Part 9 

[Docket No. TTB–2013–0004; T.D. TTB–124; 

Ref: Notice No. 135] 

RIN 1513–AB96 

Establishment of the Eagle Peak 

Mendocino County Viticultural Area 

and Realignments of the Mendocino 

and Redwood Valley Viticultural Areas 

AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau, Treasury. 

ACTION: Final rule; Treasury decision. 

SUMMARY: The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 

and Trade Bureau (TTB) establishes the 

approximately 26,260-acre ‘‘Eagle Peak 

Mendocino County’’ viticultural area in 

Mendocino County, California. The 

viticultural area lies entirely within the 

multi-county North Coast viticultural 

area. TTB also modifies the boundaries 

of the Mendocino viticultural area and 

the Redwood Valley viticultural area to 

eliminate overlaps with the Eagle Peak 

Mendocino County viticultural area. 

TTB designates viticultural areas to 


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