---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.123"
title: "27"
number: "9.123"
heading: "Mt. Veeder."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.123"
---

# §9.123. Mt. Veeder.

- (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Mt. Veeder.”
- (b) **Approved Maps.** The appropriate maps for determining the boundaries of the “Mt. Veeder” viticultural area are three U.S.G.S. Quadrangle (7.5 Minute Series) maps. They are titled:
  - (1) Napa, California (1951 (Photorevised (1980))
  - (2) Rutherford, California (1951 (Photorevised (1968))
  - (3) Sonoma, California (1951 (Photorevised (1980))
- (c) **Boundaries.**
  - (1) Beginning at unnamed peak, elevation 1,820, on the common boundary between Napa County and Sonoma County in [section 23](/cfr/27/23.md), Township 7 North, Range 6 West, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian on the Rutherford, Calif. U.S.G.S. map;
  - (2) Thence south along common boundary between Napa County and Sonoma County to unnamed peak, elevation 1,135 feet on the Sonoma, Calif. U.S.G.S. map;
  - (3) Thence continuing south along the ridge line approximately 1/2 mile to unnamed peak, elevation 948 feet;
  - (4) Thence due east in a straight line approximately 2/10 mile to the 400 foot contour;
  - (5) Thence following the 400 foot contour line north around Carneros Valley and then to the west of Congress Valley and Browns Valley on the Napa, Calif. U.S.G.S. map;
  - (6) Thence paralleling Redwood Road to its intersection with the line dividing Range 5 West and Range 4 West, east of the unnamed 837 foot peak;
  - (7) Thence north along the line dividing Range 5 West and Range 4 West approximately 4/10 mile to the 400 foot contour;
  - (8) Thence briefly southeast, then northwest along the 400 foot contour to the point where that contour intersects the northern border of [Section 10](/cfr/27/10.md), Township 6 North, Range 5 West immediately adjacent to Dry Creek on the Rutherford Calif. U.S.G.S. map;
  - (9) Thence northwesterly along Dry Creek through Sections [3](/cfr/27/3.md) and [4](/cfr/27/4.md) of Township 6 North, Range 5 West, and Sections [32](/cfr/27/32.md) and [31](/cfr/27/31.md) of Township 7 North, Range 5 West, to the fork of Dry Creek near the center of [Section 25](/cfr/27/25.md) of Township 7 North, Range 6 West;
  - (10) Continuing along the northern fork of Dry Creek through Sections [25](/cfr/27/25.md) and [24](/cfr/27/24.md) of Township 7 North, Range 6 West, to the point at which the main channel of Dry Creek ends and divides into three tributaries;
  - (11) Thence following the middle tributary of Dry Creek through Sections [24](/cfr/27/24.md) and [23](/cfr/27/23.md) of Township 7 North, Range 6 West, to its source at the intersection with a trail indicated on the map;
  - (12) Thence following a straight line west approximately 1/10 mile to the top of unnamed peak, elevation 1,820, the beginning point.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-295, 55 FR 5844, Feb. 20, 1990, as amended by T.D. ATF-351, 58 FR 65126, Dec. 13, 1993]

### Authority

Authority: 27 U.S.C. 205.

### Source

Source: T.D. ATF-60, 44 FR 56692, Oct. 2, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-295, 55 FR 5844, Feb. 20, 1990, as amended by T.D. ATF-351, 58 FR 65126, Dec. 13, 1993]