27 CFR §9.273
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- (a)Name. The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Tehachapi Mountains”. For purposes of part 4 of this chapter, “Tehachapi Mountains” is a term of viticultural significance.
- (b)Approved maps. The eight United States Geological Survey (USGS) 1:24,000 scale topographic maps used to determine the boundary of the Tehachapi Mountains viticultural area are titled:
- (c)Boundary. The Tehachapi Mountains viticultural area is located in Kern County, California. The boundary of the Tehachapi Mountains viticultural area is as described below:
- (1)The beginning point is on the Bear Mountain map at the intersection of the 4,800-foot elevation contour and an unnamed road known locally as Skyline Drive. From the beginning point, proceed easterly along the 4,800-foot elevation contour, crossing onto the Keene map, to the intersection of the 4,800-foot elevation contour and Horizon Court; then
- (2)Proceed south along Horizon Court to its intersection with the 4,600-foot elevation contour; then
- (3)Proceed east, then north along the meandering 4,600-foot elevation contour to its intersection with Shenandoah Place; then
- (4)Proceed southeast in a straight line to the 4,400-foot elevation contour south of an unnamed road known locally as Big Sky Court; then
- (5)Proceed east, then north along the meandering 4,400-foot elevation contour to its intersection with Bear Valley Road; then
- (6)Proceed east in a straight line to the 4,600-foot elevation contour; then
- (7)Proceed southeasterly along the 4,600-foot elevation contour, crossing onto the Cummings Mountain map and continuing southeasterly, then northerly along the 4,600-foot elevation contour, crossing back onto the Keene map, and continuing northerly along the 4,600-foot elevation contour to a point due west of the intersection of Marcel Drive and an unnamed road known locally as Woodford-Tehachapi Road; then
- (8)Proceed east in a straight line to the intersection of Woodford-Tehachapi Road and Marcel Drive; then
- (9)Proceed east in a straight line, crossing onto the Tehachapi North map and crossing Tehachapi Creek, to the 4,400-foot elevation contour northeast of the community of Cable, California; then
- (10)Proceed easterly along the 4,400-foot elevation contour, crossing onto the Tehachapi NE map, and continuing southeasterly along the 4,400-foot elevation contour to a point due west of the terminus of Zephyr Court; then
- (11)Proceed east in a straight line to the terminus of Zephyr Court; then
- (12)Proceed east in a straight line to Sand Canyon Road; then
- (13)Proceed south along Sand Canyon Road, crossing onto the Monolith map, to its intersection with East Tehachapi Boulevard; then
- (14)Proceed southwesterly in a straight line, crossing the railroad tracks and State Route 58, to the 4,200-foot elevation contour; then
- (15)Proceed westerly along the 4,200-foot elevation contour to its intersection with an unnamed intermittent creek; then
- (16)Proceed southwest in a straight line to the 4,400-foot elevation contour; then
- (17)Proceed west along the 4,400-foot elevation contour, crossing onto the Tehachapi South map, to its intersection with Tehachapi-Willow Springs Road; then
- (18)Proceed south along Tehachapi-Willow Springs Road to its intersection with the 4,520-foot elevation contour; then
- (19)Proceed west in a straight line to the intersection of the 4,840-foot elevation contour and Snowshoe Lane; then
- (20)Proceed north in a straight line to the 4,800-foot elevation contour; then
- (21)Proceed westerly along the 4,800-foot elevation contour, crossing onto the Cummings Mountain map and over two unnamed intermittent streams, and continuing to the intersection of the 4,800-foot elevation contour and a third unnamed intermittent stream; then
- (22)Proceed south in a straight line to the 5,200-foot elevation contour; then
- (23)Proceed southerly along the 5,200-foot elevation contour to a point northeast of the southern terminus of Arosa Road; then
- (24)Proceed east in a straight line, crossing onto the Tehachapi South map and over an unnamed road known locally as Water Canyon Road, to the 5,400-foot elevation contour; then
- (25)Proceed southeasterly, then south, then southwesterly along the 5,400-foot elevation contour, crossing onto the Cummings Mountain map and continuing to the intersection of the 5,400-foot elevation contour with an unnamed road known locally as Matterhorn Drive; then
- (26)Proceed west in a straight line, crossing Mountain Climber Way, to the 4,600-foot elevation contour; then
- (27)Proceed westerly along the 4,600-foot elevation contour to its intersection with High Gun Drive; then
- (28)Proceed south in a straight line to the second intersection of the line with the 5,000-foot elevation contour; then
- (29)Proceed west in a straight line, crossing onto the Tejon Ranch map, to the line's intersection with an unnamed 4-wheel drive road; then
- (30)Proceed northwesterly along the 4-wheel drive road to its intersection with the southern terminus of an unnamed road known locally as Carlisle Drive; then
- (31)Proceed southwesterly in a straight line to an unmarked 4,680-foot summit; then
- (32)Proceed north in a straight line to the 3,640-foot elevation contour; then
- (33)Proceed west in a straight line to the 3,600-foot elevation contour; then
- (34)Proceed west, then northwesterly along the 3,600-foot elevation contour to its intersection with an unnamed intermittent stream northwest of Jack Springs Road; then
- (35)Proceed northeast in a straight line, crossing onto the Bear Mountain map, and continuing to the intersection of the 4,800-foot elevation contour and an unnamed intermittent creek west of Rockspring Court; then
- (36)Proceed north along the 4,800-foot elevation to a point due west of the intersection of the 4,800-foot elevation point and an unnamed road known locally as Skyline Drive; then
- (37)Proceed east in a straight line to the beginning point.