27 CFR §9.37
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- (a)Name. The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Shenandoah Valley” qualified by the word “California” in direct conjunction with the name “Shenandoah Valley.”
- (b)Approved maps. The appropriate maps for determining the boundaries of the California Shenandoah Valley viticultural area are two 1962 U.S.G.S. maps. The maps are titled: “Fiddletown Quadrangle California” 7.5 minute series and “Amador City Quadrangle California-Amador Co.” 7.5 minute series.
- (c)Boundaries. The Shenandoah Valley viticultural Area is located in portions of Amador and El Dorado Counties of California. The boundaries are as follows:
- (1)Beginning at the point where the Consumnes River meets Big Indian Creek.
- (2)Then south, following Big Indian Creek, until Big Indian Creek meets the boundary between Sections 1 and 2 of Township 7 North Range 10 East.
- (3)Then following this boundary south until it meets the Oleta (Fiddletown) Road.
- (4)Then following the Oleta Road east until it meets the boundary between Sections 6 and 5 of Township 7 North Range 11 East.
- (5)Then following that boundary north into Township 8 North Range 11 East, and continues north on the boundary between Sections 31 and 32 until this boundary meets Big Indian Creek.
- (6)Then following Big Indian Creek in a northeasterly direction until Big Indian Creek meets the boundary between Sections 28 and 27 of Township 8 North Range 11 East.
- (7)Then following this boundary north until it reaches the southeast corner of Section 21 of Township 8 North Range 11 East.
- (8)The boundary then proceeds east, then north, then west along the boundary of the western half of Section 22 of Township 8 North Range 11 East to the intersection of Sections 16, 15, 21, and 22.
- (9)Then proceeding north along the boundary line between Sections 16 and 15 of Township 8 North Range 11 East and continues north along the boundary of Sections 9 and 10 of Township 8 North Range 11 East to the intersection of Sections 9, 10, 3, and 4 of Township 8 North Range 11 East.
- (10)Then proceeding west along the boundary of Sections 9 and 4.
- (11)Then continuing west along the boundary of Sections 5 and 8 of Township 8 North Range 11 East to the Consumnes River.
- (12)Then the boundary proceeds west along the Consumnes River to the point of the beginning.