---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.250"
title: "27"
number: "9.250"
heading: "Fountaingrove District."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.250"
---

# §9.250. Fountaingrove District.

- (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Fountaingrove District.” For purposes of [part 4](/cfr/27/part4.md) of this chapter, “Fountaingrove District” is a term of viticultural significance.
- (b) **Approved maps.** The four United States Geological Survey (USGS) 1:24,000 scale topographic maps used to determine the boundary of the Fountaingrove District viticultural area are titled:
  - (1) Mark West Springs, CA; 1993;
  - (2) Calistoga, CA; 1997;
  - (3) Kenwood, CA; 1954; photorevised 1980; and
  - (4) **Santa Rosa, CA; 1994.**
- (c) **Boundary.** The Fountaingrove District viticultural area is located in Sonoma County, California. The boundary of the Fountaingrove District viticultural area is as described below:
  - (1) The beginning point is on the Mark West Springs map at the intersection of the shared Sonoma-Napa County line with Petrified Forest Road, [section 3](/cfr/27/3.md), T8N/R7W.
  - (2) From the beginning point, proceed southeasterly along the Sonoma-Napa County line, crossing onto the Calistoga map and then the Kenwood map, to the marked 2,530-peak of an unnamed mountain, [section 9](/cfr/27/9.md), T7N/R6W; then
  - (3) **Proceed west-southwest in a straight line to the marked 2,730-foot summit of Mt.** Hood, [section 8](/cfr/27/8.md), T7N/R6W; then
  - (4) Proceed west-northwest in a straight line to the marked 1,542-foot summit of Buzzard Peak, [section 11](/cfr/27/11.md), T7N/R7W; then
  - (5) Proceed west-southwest in a straight line, crossing onto the Santa Rosa map, to the intersection of State Highway 12 and Los Alamos Road; then
  - (6) Proceed due north in a straight line to the southern boundary of [section 9](/cfr/27/9.md), T7N/R7W; then
  - (7) Proceed west-northwest along the southern boundaries of sections [9](/cfr/27/9.md), [4](/cfr/27/4.md), and [5](/cfr/27/5.md), T7N/R7W, to the western boundary of the Los Guilicos Land Grant; then
  - (8) Proceed west-southwest along the southern boundaries of sections [5](/cfr/27/5.md), [6](/cfr/27/6.md), and [7](/cfr/27/7.md), T7N/R7W; then continue west-southwest along the southern boundaries of sections [12](/cfr/27/12.md) and [11](/cfr/27/11.md), T7N/R8W, to the point where the [section 11](/cfr/27/11.md) boundary becomes concurrent with an unnamed light-duty road known locally as Lewis Road; and then continue west-southwest along Lewis Road to the road's intersection with Mendocino Avenue in Santa Rosa; then
  - (9) Proceed north-northwesterly along Mendocino Avenue to the road's intersection with an unnamed road known locally as Bicentennial Way; then
  - (10) Proceed north in a straight line, crossing through the marked 906-foot elevation peak in [section 35](/cfr/27/35.md), T8N/R8W, and, crossing on to the Mark West Springs map, continue to the line's intersection with Mark West Springs Road, [section 26](/cfr/27/26.md), T8N/R8W; then
  - (11) Proceed northerly along Mark West Springs Road, which turns easterly and becomes Porter Creek Road, to the road's intersection with Franz Valley Road, [section 12](/cfr/27/12.md), T8N/R8W; then
  - (12) Proceed northeasterly along Franz Valley Road to the western boundary of [section 6](/cfr/27/6.md), T8N/R7W; then
  - (13) Proceed south along the western boundary of [section 6](/cfr/27/6.md), T8N/R7W, to the southwest corner of [section 6](/cfr/27/6.md); then
  - (14) Proceed east, then east-northeast along the southern boundaries of sections [6](/cfr/27/6.md), [5](/cfr/27/5.md), and [4](/cfr/27/4.md), T8N/R7W, to the southeast corner of [section 4](/cfr/27/4.md); then
  - (15) Proceed north along the eastern boundary of [section 4](/cfr/27/4.md), T8N/R7W, to the Sonoma-Napa County line; then
  - (16) **Proceed easterly along the Sonoma-Napa County line to the beginning point.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. TTB-128, 80 FR 8531, Feb. 18, 2015]

### 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-128, 80 FR 8531, Feb. 18, 2015]