---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.187"
title: "27"
number: "9.187"
heading: "Covelo."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.187"
---

# §9.187. Covelo.

- (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Covelo”. For purposes of [part 4](/cfr/27/part4.md) of this chapter, “Covelo” is a term of viticultural significance.
- (b) **Approved Maps.** The appropriate maps for determining the boundaries of the Covelo viticultural area are four United States Geological Survey 1:24,000 scale topographic maps. They are titled:
  - (1) **Dos Rios, California Quadrangle,—** Mendocino Co., 7.5 Minute Series, edition of 1967, revised 1994;
  - (2) **Covelo West, California Quadrangle,—** Mendocino Co., 7.5 Minute Series, edition of 1967, photoinspected 1973;
  - (3) **Covelo East, California Quadrangle,—** Mendocino Co., 7.5 Minute Series, edition of 1967, revised 1994; and
  - (4) **Jamison Ridge, California Quadrangle,—** Mendocino Co., 7.5 Minute Series, edition of 1967, revised 1994.
- (c) **Boundary.** The Covelo viticultural area surrounds the town of Covelo in northern Mendocino County, California. The area's boundaries are defined as follows—
  - (1) Beginning on the Dos Rios map at the intersection of State Highway 162 and the southern boundary of [section 25](/cfr/27/25.md), T22N, R13W (labeled Inspiration Point on the map), proceed west 0.3 miles on Highway 162 to BM 2006 in [section 36](/cfr/27/36.md), T22N, R13W; then
  - (2) Proceed straight west-northwest 1.5 miles to the 2,537-foot elevation point in the northwest quadrant of [section 26](/cfr/27/26.md), T22N, R13W, Dos Rios map; then
  - (3) Proceed straight northwest 1.6 miles to the 2,488-foot peak in the northwest quadrant of [section 22](/cfr/27/22.md), T22N, R13W, Covelo West map; then
  - (4) Proceed straight north-northwest 0.75 miles to the 2,262-foot peak on the section [15](/cfr/27/15.md) and [16](/cfr/27/16.md) boundary line, T22N, R13W, and continue straight north 1.6 miles to the 2,247-foot peak on the section [3](/cfr/27/3.md) and [4](/cfr/27/4.md) boundary line, T22N, R13W, Covelo West map; then
  - (5) Proceed straight northerly 1 mile to the 1,974-foot peak on the T22N/T23N boundary line, and continue straight north 1.6 miles to the 2,290-foot peak in the northwest quadrant of [section 27](/cfr/27/27.md), T23N, R13W, Covelo West map; then
  - (6) Proceed straight northeast 1.2 miles to the 2,397-foot peak in the northeast quadrant of [section 22](/cfr/27/22.md), and continue straight northeast 1.5 miles to BM 2210 in the northeast quadrant of [section 14](/cfr/27/14.md), T23N, R13W, Covelo West map; then
  - (7) Proceed straight east-southeast 1.75 miles to the 2,792-foot peak in the southwest quadrant of [section 18](/cfr/27/18.md), T23, R12W, Covelo East map; then
  - (8) Proceed straight north-northeasterly 0.9 mile to the 2,430-foot elevation point in the southeast quadrant of [section 7](/cfr/27/7.md), T23N, R12W, Covelo East map; then
  - (9) Proceed straight east-northeast 1.6 miles to the peak of Coyote Rock in [section 9](/cfr/27/9.md), T23N, R12W, Covelo East map; then
  - (10) Proceed straight east-southeast 1.55 miles to the 2,435-foot elevation point in the northern half of [section 15](/cfr/27/15.md), and continue straight southeast 2.3 miles to the 2,066-foot peak in the southwest quadrant of [section 24](/cfr/27/24.md), T23N, R12W, Covelo East map; then
  - (11) Proceed straight south-southwest 0.6 mile to the 2,024-foot peak near the [section 26](/cfr/27/26.md) eastern boundary line, T23N, R12W, Covelo East map; then
  - (12) Proceed straight west-southwest 1.9 miles to the 2,183-foot peak in the northwest quadrant of [section 34](/cfr/27/34.md), T23N, R12W, Covelo East map; then
  - (13) Proceed straight south-southeast 1.2 miles to the 1,953-foot peak in the northeast quadrant of [section 3](/cfr/27/3.md), T22N, R12W, Covelo East map; then
  - (14) Proceed straight southerly 0.9 mile to the 2,012-foot peak in the northeast quadrant of [section 10](/cfr/27/10.md), T22N, R12W, Covelo East map; then
  - (15) Proceed straight south-southeast 1.4 miles along Dingman Ridge to the 2,228-foot peak along the section [14](/cfr/27/14.md) and [15](/cfr/27/15.md) boundary line, T22N, R12W, Covelo East map; then
  - (16) Proceed straight southeast 0.95 mile to the 2,398-foot peak in the northeast quadrant of [section 23](/cfr/27/23.md), T22N, R12W, Covelo East map; then
  - (17) Proceed straight south-southeast 1.75 miles to the 2,474-foot elevation point along the section [25](/cfr/27/25.md) and [26](/cfr/27/26.md) boundary line, T22N, R12W, Jamison Ridge map; then
  - (18) Proceed straight west-southwest 0.9 mile to BM 2217 in the southwest quadrant of [section 26](/cfr/27/26.md), and continue straight westerly 1.5 miles to the 2,230-foot peak northwest of Iron Spring, in the southeast quadrant of [section 28](/cfr/27/28.md), T22N, R12W, Jamison Ridge map; then
  - (19) Proceed straight southwest 0.65 mile to the 2,022-foot peak very near an unimproved road in [section 33](/cfr/27/33.md), T22N, R12W, Jamison Ridge map; then
  - (20) Proceed straight west-northwest 1.5 miles to the 1,762-foot peak in the northeast quadrant of [section 31](/cfr/27/31.md), T22N, R12W, Jamison Ridge map, and continue in the same line of direction 1.1 miles to the beginning point at the intersection of State Highway 162 and the southern boundary of [section 25](/cfr/27/25.md), T22N, R13W (labeled Inspiration Point), on the Dos Rios map.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. TTB-42, 71 FR 8205, Feb. 16, 2006]

### 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-42, 71 FR 8205, Feb. 16, 2006]