---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.213"
title: "27"
number: "9.213"
heading: "Snipes Mountain."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.213"
---

# §9.213. Snipes Mountain.

- (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Snipes Mountain”. For purposes of [part 4](/cfr/27/part4.md) of this chapter, “Snipes Mountain” is a term of viticultural significance.
- (b) **Approved maps.** The two United States Geological Survey 1:24,000 scale topographic maps used to determine the boundary of the Snipes Mountain viticultural area are titled:
  - (1) Sunnyside, Wash., 1965, photo revised 1978; and
  - (2) Granger, Wash., 1965.
- (c) **Boundary.** The Snipes Mountain viticultural area is located in Yakima County, Washington. The boundary of the Snipes Mountain viticultural area is as described below:
  - (1) The beginning point is on the Sunnyside map, to the southwest of the town of Sunnyside, at the intersection of South Hill Road and the eastern boundary of [section 34](/cfr/27/34.md), T10N, R22E. From the beginning point, proceed south along the eastern boundary of [section 34](/cfr/27/34.md) for less than 0.1 mile to its intersection with the 750-foot elevation line, T10N, R22E; then
  - (2) Proceed along the 750-foot elevation line, first southeasterly then westerly, to its first intersection with the Union Pacific railroad line in [section 31](/cfr/27/31.md), T10N, R22E; then
  - (3) Proceed west-northwesterly along the Union Pacific railroad line, crossing onto the Granger map, and continue along the railroad line to its intersection with the northern boundary of [section 27](/cfr/27/27.md), T10N, R21E; then
  - (4) Proceed north in a straight line for less than 0.1 mile to the line's intersection with the 820-foot elevation line in [section 22](/cfr/27/22.md), T10N, R21E; then
  - (5) Proceed along the meandering 820-foot elevation line, first northwesterly then easterly, and, returning to the Sunnyside map, continue along the elevation line to its intersection with the northern boundary of [section 34](/cfr/27/34.md), T10N, R22E; then
  - (6) Proceed east along the northern boundary line of [section 34](/cfr/27/34.md) and then [section 35](/cfr/27/35.md) to its intersection with the 820-foot elevation line, [section 35](/cfr/27/35.md), T10N, R22E; then
  - (7) Proceed southwesterly along the 820-foot elevation line to its intersection with the eastern boundary of [section 34](/cfr/27/34.md), T10N, R22E; and then
  - (8) Proceed south along the eastern boundary of [section 34](/cfr/27/34.md) for approximately 0.2 mile, returning to the point of beginning.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. TTB-73, 74 FR 3424, Jan. 21, 2009]

### 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-73, 74 FR 3424, Jan. 21, 2009]