---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.176"
title: "27"
number: "9.176"
heading: "Capay Valley."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.176"
---

# §9.176. Capay Valley.

- (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Capay Valley”.
- (b) **Approved maps.** The appropriate map for determining the boundary of the Capay Valley viticultural area is the United States Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.) topographic map titled: 30X60 Minute Quadrangle (Healdsburg, California 1972) (Scale: 1:100,000).
- (c) **Boundaries.** The Capay Valley viticultural area is located in Yolo County, California. The beginning point is the junction of the Yolo, Napa, and Lake County lines.
  - (1) From the beginning point, proceed north then east along the Yolo-Lake County line;
  - (2) At the junction of the Yolo, Lake, and Colusa County lines, continue east along the Yolo-Colusa County line to its junction with the boundary between ranges R4W and R3W;
  - (3) Then south along the R4W and R3W boundary to its junction with the 250 meter contour line;
  - (4) Proceed generally southeast along the meandering 250 meter contour line to its junction with the T10N-T11N section line;
  - (5) Continue east along the T10N-T11N section line to the unnamed north-south secondary highway known locally as County Road 85;
  - (6) Then south along County Road 85, crossing Cache Creek, to its intersection with State Highway 16;
  - (7) Proceed east on Highway 16 to its junction with the unnamed north-south light duty road known locally as County Road 85B;
  - (8) Then south on County Road 85B to its junction with the unnamed east-west light duty road known locally as County Road 23;
  - (9) Proceed west on County Road 23 for approximately 500 feet to an unnamed light duty road known locally as County Road 85;
  - (10) Proceed south on County Road 85 until the road ends and continue south in a straight line to the T9N-T10N section line;
  - (11) Then west on the T9N-T10N section line to the Napa-Yolo County line;
  - (12) **Continue northwest following the Napa-Yolo county line and return to the starting point.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-486, 67 FR 77924, Dec. 20, 2002]

### 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-486, 67 FR 77924, Dec. 20, 2002]