---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.181"
title: "27"
number: "9.181"
heading: "McMinnville."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.181"
---

# §9.181. McMinnville.

- (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “McMinnville.”
- (b) **Approved Maps.** The appropriate maps for determining the boundaries of the McMinnville viticultural area are five United States Geological Survey (USGS) 1:24,000 scale topographic maps titled:
  - (1) McMinnville, Oregon, 1957, revised 1992;
  - (2) Muddy Valley, Oregon, 1979, revised 1992;
  - (3) Stony Mountain, Oregon, 1979, revised 1992;
  - (4) Sheridan, Oregon, 1956, revised 1992; and
  - (5) **Ballston, Oregon, 1956, revised 1992.**
- (c) **Boundary.** The McMinnville viticultural area is located in Yamhill County, Oregon, and is entirely within the Willamette Valley viticultural area. The boundary of the McMinnville viticultural area is as described below—
  - (1) The beginning point is on the McMinnville, Oregon, map where the 200-foot contour line intersects the common boundary between [section 13](/cfr/27/13.md), T4S, R5W, and [section 18](/cfr/27/18.md), T4S, R4W. From this point follow the meandering 200-foot contour line westerly for about 2 miles to its intersection with Baker Creek Road in [section 54](/cfr/27/54.md), T4W, R5W, on the Muddy Valley map;
  - (2) Then follow Baker Creek Road west about 2 miles through Happy Valley to the road's intersection with Power House Hill Road in [section 50](/cfr/27/50.md), T4S, R5W (Muddy Valley map);
  - (3) Proceed southwest on Power House Hill Road for about 1.4 miles to its intersection with Peavine Road in [section 17](/cfr/27/17.md), T4S, R5W (Muddy Valley map);
  - (4) Follow Peavine Road west and then northwest about 1.5 miles to its intersection with Gill Creek in [section 18](/cfr/27/18.md), T4S, R5W (Muddy Valley map);
  - (5) Follow Gill Creek southerly (downstream) for about 0.6 miles to its intersection with the 800-foot contour line in [section 18](/cfr/27/18.md), T4S, R5W, on the Muddy Valley map;
  - (6) From Gill Creek, follow the meandering 800-foot contour line westerly, crossing Deer Creek in [section 14](/cfr/27/14.md), T4S, R6W, on the Stony Mountain map, and, crossing back and forth four times between the Stony Mountain and Muddy Valley maps in [section 24](/cfr/27/24.md), T4S, R6W, continue southwesterly to the contour line's intersection with Thomson Mill Road in [section 27](/cfr/27/27.md), T4S, R6W, on the Stony Mountain map;
  - (7) Continue to follow the meandering 800-foot contour line southwesterly, crossing Cronin and Beaver Creeks, to the 800-foot contour line's intersection with Rock Creek Road in [section 46](/cfr/27/46.md), T5S, R6W, on the Stony Mountain map;
  - (8) Then follow Rock Creek Road south for about 5 miles to its intersection with the West Valley Highway in [section 44](/cfr/27/44.md), T5S, R6W, on the Sheridan map, and continue about 200 feet due south in a straight line to from that intersection to the 200-foot contour line, just north of the Yamhill River (Sheridan map);
  - (9) Then follow the meandering 200-foot contour line easterly, passing north of most of the village of Sheridan, crossing onto the Ballston map, and continue easterly and then northerly along the 200-foot contour line to its first intersection with Christensen Road at the common boundary between sections [27](/cfr/27/27.md) and [34](/cfr/27/34.md), T5S, R5W (Ballston map);
  - (10) Continue to follow the 200-foot contour line westerly and then northerly, passing onto the Muddy Valley map and then the Stony Mountain map, to the contour line's intersection with Deer Creek in [section 64](/cfr/27/64.md), T5S, R6W (Stony Mountain map);
  - (11) Cross Deer Creek and follow the 200-foot contour line southeasterly, crossing Dupree Creek in [section 64](/cfr/27/64.md), T5S, R6W, on the Muddy Valley map, and, crossing onto the Ballston map, continue southerly and then easterly along the 200-foot contour line to its intersection with State Route 18 at the hamlet of Bellevue, [section 28](/cfr/27/28.md), T5S, R5W (Ballston map);
  - (12) Continue westerly then northerly along the meandering 200-foot contour line, crossing Latham Road at the northern boundary of [section 53](/cfr/27/53.md), T5S, R5W, and, crossing onto the Muddy Valley map, continue northerly along the 200-foot contour line to its intersection with Muddy Creek in [section 40](/cfr/27/40.md), T5S, R5W (Muddy Valley map);
  - (13) Crossing Muddy Creek, follow the 200-foot contour line southerly, then easterly, and then northerly to its intersection with Peavine Road in the western extension of [section 47](/cfr/27/47.md), T4S, R5W (Muddy Valley map);
  - (14) From Peavine Road, continue northeasterly along the meandering 200-foot contour line, crossing Cozine Creek in [section 46](/cfr/27/46.md), T4S, R5W, and, crossing onto the McMinnville map, follow the 200-foot contour line across Redmond Hill Road in [section 44](/cfr/27/44.md), T4S, R5W, and return to the point of beginning (McMinnville map)

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. TTB-22, 70 FR 2804, Jan. 18, 2005]

### 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. TTB-22, 70 FR 2804, Jan. 18, 2005]