---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.192"
title: "27"
number: "9.192"
heading: "Wahluke Slope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.192"
---

# §9.192. Wahluke Slope.

- (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Wahluke Slope”. For purposes of [part 4](/cfr/27/part4.md) of this chapter, “Wahluke Slope” and “Wahluke” are terms of viticultural significance.
- (b) **Approved Maps.** The appropriate maps for determining the boundary of the Wahluke Slope viticultural area are eight United States Geological Survey 1:24,000 scale topographic maps. They are titled:
  - (1) Beverly Quadrangle, Washington, 1965;
  - (2) **Beverly SE Quadrangle, Washington—** Grant Co., 1965;
  - (3) **Smyrna Quadrangle, Washington—** Grant Co., Provisional Edition 1986;
  - (4) **Wahatis Peak Quadrangle, Washington—** Grant Co., Provisional Edition 1986;
  - (5) Coyote Rapids Quadrangle, Washington, Provisional Edition 1986;
  - (6) Vernita Bridge Quadrangle, Washington, Provisional Edition 1986;
  - (7) Priest Rapids NE Quadrangle, Washington, Provisional Edition 1986; and
  - (8) **Priest Rapids Quadrangle, Washington, 1948; photo revised 1978.**
- (c) **Boundary.** The Wahluke Slope viticultural area is located in Grant County, Washington. The boundary of the Wahluke Slope viticultural area is as described below:
  - (1) The beginning point is at the northwest corner of the viticultural area where the east bank of the Columbia River intersects the north boundary line of [section 22](/cfr/27/22.md), T15N/R23E, on the Beverly map; then
  - (2) From the beginning point proceed straight east 1.5 miles to the intersection of the [section 23](/cfr/27/23.md) north boundary line and the 1,480-foot elevation line, T15N/R23E, Beverly map; then
  - (3) Proceed generally east along the meandering 1,480-foot elevation line, crossing the Beverly map, the Beverly SE map, and the Smyrna map, and continue onto the Wahatis Peak map to the intersection of the 1,480-foot elevation line and the eastern boundary line of [section 15](/cfr/27/15.md), which forms a portion of the boundary line of the Hanford Site, T15N/R26E, Wahatis Peak map; then
  - (4) Proceed generally southwest along the Hanford Site boundary in a series of 90 degree angles, crossing the Wahatis map, the Coyote Rapids map in [section 36](/cfr/27/36.md), T15N/R25E, and the Vernita Bridge map, and continue onto the Priest Rapids NE map to the intersection of the Hanford Site boundary and the north bank of the Columbia River, [section 10](/cfr/27/10.md), T13N/R24E, Priest Rapids NE map; then
  - (5) Proceed generally west along the north bank of the Columbia River, crossing onto the Priest Rapids map and, turning north-northwest, continue along the river bank and, crossing onto the Beverly map, return to the beginning point.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. TTB-40, 70 FR 72710, Dec. 7, 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-40, 70 FR 72710, Dec. 7, 2005]