---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.254"
title: "27"
number: "9.254"
heading: "Lamorinda."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.254"
---

# §9.254. Lamorinda.

- (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Lamorinda”. For purposes of [part 4](/cfr/27/part4.md) of this chapter, “Lamorinda” 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 Lamorinda viticultural area are titled:
  - (1) Walnut Creek, CA, 1995;
  - (2) Las Trampas Ridge, CA, 1995;
  - (3) Oakland East, CA, 1997; and
  - (4) **Briones Valley, CA, 1995.**
- (c) **Boundary.** The Lamorinda viticultural area is located in Contra Costa County, California. The boundary of the Lamorinda viticultural area is as described below:
  - (1) The beginning point is on Walnut Creek map at the water tank (known locally as the Withers Reservoir) at the end of an unnamed light-duty road known locally as Kim Road, in the Cañada del Hambre y Las Bolsas Land Grant.
  - (2) From the beginning point, proceed south-southeast in a straight line approximately 0.8 mile to the 833-foot peak marked “Hump 2;” then
  - (3) Proceed southeast in a straight line approximately 1.7 miles to the marked 781-foot peak south of the shared Lafayette-Walnut Creek corporate boundary line and north of an unnamed light-duty road known locally as Peaceful Lane; then
  - (4) Proceed southeast in a straight line approximately 0.3 mile to the marked 610-foot peak southwest of an unnamed light-duty road known locally as Secluded Place; then
  - (5) Proceed south-southwest in a straight line approximately 1.7 miles to an unidentified benchmark at the end of an unnamed unimproved road known locally as Diablo Oaks Way in [section 33](/cfr/27/33.md), T1N/R2W; then
  - (6) Proceed southeast in a straight line approximately 0.5 mile, crossing onto the Las Trampas map, and continuing another 0.9 mile to the substation at the southeast corner of [section 4](/cfr/27/4.md), T1S/R2W; then
  - (7) Proceed southeast in a straight line approximately 2.3 miles to the 1,827-foot summit of Las Trampas Peak, [section 22](/cfr/27/22.md), T1S/R2W; then
  - (8) Proceed south-southeast in a straight line approximately 2.1 miles to the 2,024-foot benchmark marked “Rock 2” in [section 26](/cfr/27/26.md), T1S/R2W; then
  - (9) Proceed west-southwest in a straight line approximately 2.7 miles to the marked 1,057-foot peak in [section 29](/cfr/27/29.md), T1S/R2W; then
  - (10) Proceed west-southwest in a straight line approximately 2 miles to the intersection of the 1,000-foot elevation line with the Contra Costa-Alameda County line in [section 31](/cfr/27/31.md), T1S/R2W; then
  - (11) Proceed northwest in a straight line approximately 0.4 mile, crossing onto the Oakland East map, then continuing another 0.1 mile to the 1,121-foot peak in [section 30](/cfr/27/30.md), T1S/R2W; then
  - (12) Proceed northwest in a straight line approximately 3.6 miles to the 1,301-foot peak in [section 15](/cfr/27/15.md), T1S/R3W; then
  - (13) Proceed northwest in a straight line approximately 1.6 miles to the 1,634-foot peak in [section 9](/cfr/27/9.md), T1S/R3W; then
  - (14) Proceed northwest in a straight line approximately 2.2 miles to the communication tower on the Contra Costa-Alameda County line in [section 5](/cfr/27/5.md), T1S/R3W; then
  - (15) Proceed north in a straight line approximately 0.1 mile, crossing onto the Briones Valley map, then continuing another 0.6 mile to the 1,905-foot summit of Vollmer Peak in the El Sobrante Land Grant; then
  - (16) Proceed north-northeast in a straight line approximately 3 miles, crossing over to the 1,027-foot peak in the Boca de la Cañada del Pinole Land Grant, to the Orinda corporate boundary line; then
  - (17) Proceed generally east along the Orinda corporate boundary line approximately 3.3 miles to the water tank at the 1,142-foot elevation in the Boca de la Cañada del Pinole Land Grant; then
  - (18) Proceed east-northeast in a straight line approximately 1.2 miles to the 1,357-foot benchmark marked “Russell” in the Boca de la Cañada del Pinole Land Grant; then
  - (19) Proceed northwest in a straight line approximately 0.8 mile to the 1,405-foot peak in the Boca de la Cañada del Pinole Land Grant; then
  - (20) Proceed east-northeast in a straight line approximately 0.5 mile, crossing onto the Walnut Creek map, then continuing another 1.1 miles to the beginning point.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. TTB-133, 81 FR 9108, Feb. 24, 2016]

### 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-133, 81 FR 9108, Feb. 24, 2016]