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Federal Register | Establishment of the Haw River Valley Viticultural Area (2007
[Docket No. TTB-2008-0001; T.D. TTB-74; Re: Notice No. 81]
RIN 1513-AB45
SUMMARY: This Treasury decision establishes the 868-square mile "Haw River Valley" viticultural area in Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Guilford, Orange, and Rockingham Counties, North Carolina. We designate 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: Effective Dates:April 29, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: N.A. Sutton, Regulations and Rulings Division, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, 925 Lakeville St., No.158, Petaluma, CA 94952; phone 415-271-1254.
Background on Viticultural Areas TTB Authority
• Evidence that the proposed viticultural area is locally and/or nationally known by the name specified in the petition;
• Historical or current evidence that supports setting the boundary of the proposed viticultural area as the petition specifies;
• Evidence relating to the geographical features, such as climate, soils, elevation, and physical features that distinguish the proposed viticultural area from surrounding areas;
• A description of the specific boundary of the proposed viticultural area, based on features found on United States Geological Survey (USGS) maps; and
• A copy of the appropriate USGS map(s) with the proposed viticultural area's boundary prominently marked.
The petitioner states that the “Haw River” and “Haw River Valley” names both have been used in reference to the region that the viticultural area petition describes. In the early 1700's John Lawson, an English naturalist and surveyor, wrote an account of his party crossing the “famous Hau-River” to get a safe distance from the Sissipahaw Indians. Also, in the “Shuttle Plow: A History of Alamance County, North Carolina” (Alamance County Historical Association, 1999), Carole Troxler and William Vincent explain that the names “Hawfields” and “Haw River Settlement” reference the earliest colonial settlements in the Haw River Valley. Further, in “Orange County, 1752-1952” (The Journal of Southern History, May 1954), authors Hugh Lefler and Paul Wager reference the Haw River Valley.
According to evidence presented in the petition, the Haw River Valley name continues to be used to describe the region. The Burlington/Alamance County Convention Center and Visitors Bureau Web site (http://www.burlington-area-nc.org/events.asp) describes a September 9, 2006, Paddle[boat] dinner cruise that experiences the “richness of the Haw River Valley.” A flyer for the Haw River Festival for the Community describes a display of arrowheads and artifacts found in the Haw River Valley. The Haw River Valley Web site (http://www.hawrivervalley.com/) describes the area as a large, fertile region encompassing parts of Rockingham, Caswell, Guilford, Alamance, and Chatham Counties in North Carolina.
According to the petitioner, the boundary of the proposed Haw River Valley viticultural area is based on nearly the entirety of the Haw River watershed's distinctive underlying geology and soils. The Haw River is approximately 110 miles long, and the proposed viticultural area includes that portion of the Haw River between Williamsburg and Griffins Crossroad, a town located approximately 2.5 miles northwest of Everett Jordan Lake. The Haw River headwaters start northwest ofGreensboro, and the river travels east and south-southeast, gaining momentum in the Piedmont region. The river eventually flows into the Everett Jordan Lake in Chatham County, joins the Deep River south of the Everett Jordan Lake dam, and then flows into the Cape Fear River.
In the eastern and southern portions of the Haw River Valley and in parts of the southwestern and northwestern portions, the soils formed primarily in residuum derived from felsic and intermediate volcanic rocks. In these areas the Georgeville and Herndon soils are very deep and well drained, and have a loamy surface layer, a clayey subsoil, moderate permeability, and good internal structure. These soils are on gently sloping to moderately steep uplands. Also in these areas are the Callison, Secrest, and Kirksey soils. These soils are moderately well drained and have a loamy surface layer and subsoil. These soils are on level flats and gently sloping upland ridges, indepressions, and around heads of drains. They vary in depth depending on the underlying soft and hard bedrock; consequently, they have poor internal drainage and perch water during wet periods.
The elevations in the proposed Haw River Valley viticultural area range from 350 feet at the southeastern boundary corner to over 800 feet at the northwestern boundary corner, according to elevation maps by John Boyer (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2001) that the North Carolina Grape Council provided. The four physiographic regions of North Carolina are the eastern Outer Coastal Plain, the Inner Coastal Plain, the central Piedmont Province, and the western Blue Ridge Province, as shown on the Physiography of North Carolina map by M.A. Medinaet al.(North Carolina Geological Survey, Division of Land Resources, 2004).
Weather station Compass direction from Haw River Valley Approximate distance from Haw River Valley Brookneal, Virginia North 84 miles. Louisburg, North Carolina East 52 miles. Pinehurst, North Carolina South 70 miles. Mocksville, North Carolina West 50 miles.
Relation to the proposed Haw River Valley viticultural area Average annual High air
Inside the boundary line 69.8 °F 46.6 °F 5.9 45.27 To the north 67 °F 42 °F 11.3 41.65 To the east 71.4 °F 46 °F 4.1 45.98 To the south 72.7 °F 49.2 °F 4.1 49.11 To the west 70 °F 45.1 °F 9.9 44.57
TTB published Notice No. 81 regarding the proposed Haw River Valley viticultural area in theFederal Register(73 FR 16800) on March 31, 2008. In that notice, TTB invited comments by May 30, 2008, from all interested persons. We expressed particular interest in receiving comments on whether the proposed area name, Haw River Valley, as well as the Haw River name, would result in a conflict with currently used brand names. We also solicited comments on the sufficiency and accuracy of the name, boundary, climatic, and other required information submitted in support of the petition. We received four comments from individuals in response to that notice. All four comments supported the establishment of the Haw River Valley viticultural area as proposed.
Different rules apply if a wine has a brand name containing a viticultural area name or other term of viticultural significance that was used as a brand name on a label approved before July 7, 1986.See27 CFR 4.39(i)(2) for details.
The Regulatory Amendment For the reasons discussed in the preamble, we amend 27 CFR, chapter 1, part 9, as follows: PART 9—AMERICAN VITICULTURAL AREAS 1. The authority citation for part 9 continues to read as follows: Authority:
Subpart C—Approved American Viticultural Areas 2. Amend subpart C by adding § 9.214 to read as follows:
§ 9.214 Haw River Valley.
(a)Name.The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Haw River Valley”. For purposes of part 4 of this chapter, “Haw River Valley” and “Haw River” are terms of viticultural significance.
(b)Approved maps. The two United States Geological Survey 1:100,000-scale metric topographic maps used to determine the boundary of the Haw River Valley viticultural area are titled:
(c)Boundary.The Haw River Valley viticultural area is located in all of Alamance County and portions of Caswell, Chatham, Guilford, Orange, and Rockingham Counties. The boundary of the Haw River Valley viticultural area is as described below:
Signed: January 23, 2009. John J. Manfreda, Administrator. Approved: February 17, 2009. Timothy E. Skud, Deputy Assistant Secretary, (Tax, Trade, and Tariff Policy).