---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.286"
title: "27"
number: "9.286"
heading: "Upper Lake Valley."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.286"
---

# §9.286. Upper Lake Valley.

- (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Upper Lake Valley”. For purposes of [part 4](/cfr/27/part4.md) of this chapter, “Upper Lake Valley” 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 Upper Lake Valley viticultural area are titled:
  - (1) Lakeport, 1958; photorevised 1978; minor revision 1994;
  - (2) Upper Lake, 1996;
  - (3) Bartlett Mountain, 1996; and
  - (4) **Lucerne, 1996.**
- (c) **Boundary.** The Upper Lake Valley viticultural area is located in Lake County, California. The boundary of the Upper Lake Valley viticultural area is as described as follows:
  - (1) The beginning point is on the Lakeport map at the intersection of Lyons Creek and the western shore of Clear Lake in [Section 31](/cfr/27/31.md), T15N/R9W. From the beginning point, proceed south in a straight line to an unnamed light-duty road known locally as Lafferty Road; then
  - (2) Proceed west along Lafferty Road to its intersection with an unnamed secondary highway known locally as Lakeshore Boulevard; then
  - (3) Proceed north on Lakeshore Boulevard to its intersection with an unnamed light-duty road known locally as Whalen Way; then
  - (4) Proceed west on Whalen Way to its intersection with State Highway 29; then
  - (5) Proceed north on State Highway 29, crossing onto the Upper Lake map, to the intersection of the highway and the southern boundary of [Section 13](/cfr/27/13.md), T15N, R10W; then
  - (6) Proceed west along the southern boundary of Sections [13](/cfr/27/13.md) and [14](/cfr/27/14.md) to the intersection of the southern boundary of [Section 14](/cfr/27/14.md) with the 1,600-foot elevation contour; then
  - (7) Proceed in a generally northwesterly direction along the meandering 1,600-foot elevation contour to its intersection with an unnamed, unimproved road in [Section 17](/cfr/27/17.md), T15N/R10W; then
  - (8) Proceed north in a straight line, crossing Scotts Creek, to the 1,600-foot elevation contour in [Section 8](/cfr/27/8.md), T15N/R10W; then
  - (9) Proceed northeasterly, then southeasterly along the 1,600-foot elevation contour to its intersection with an unnamed 4-wheel drive road in [Section 9](/cfr/27/9.md), T15N/R10W; then
  - (10) Proceed northwest in a straight line to the marked 2,325-foot elevation point on Hell's Peak; then
  - (11) Proceed southeast in a straight line to the intersection of the 1,600-foot elevation contour and the southern boundary of [Section 30](/cfr/27/30.md) along the Mendocino National Forest boundary, T16N/R9W; then
  - (12) Proceed southeast along the meandering 1,600-foot elevation contour to its third intersection with the Mendocino National Forest boundary, along the eastern boundary of [Section 31](/cfr/27/31.md), T16N/R9W; then
  - (13) Proceed south, then west along the Mendocino National Forest boundary to its intersection with the 1,600-foot elevation contour along the northern boundary of [Section 5](/cfr/27/5.md), T15N/R9W; then
  - (14) Proceed southeasterly along the meandering 1,600-foot elevation contour, crossing onto the Bartlett Mountain map, to the intersection of the 1,600-foot elevation contour and the Mendocino National Forest boundary along the eastern boundary of [Section 9](/cfr/27/9.md), T15N/9RW; then
  - (15) Proceed south, then east along the Mendocino National Forest boundary to its intersection with the 1,600-foot elevation contour along the northern boundary of [Section 15](/cfr/27/15.md), T15N/R9W; then
  - (16) Proceed south, then northwest along the meandering 1,600-foot elevation contour, crossing onto the Upper Lake map, and continuing southeasterly along the 1,600-foot elevation contour crossing back and forth between the Bartlett Mountain map and the Upper Lake map, to the intersection of the 1,600-foot elevation contour and an unimproved 4-wheel drive road in [Section 21](/cfr/27/21.md), T15N/R9W; then
  - (17) Continue southeast along the 1,600-foot elevation contour, crossing onto the Lucerne map, to the intersection of the 1,600-foot elevation contour and an unimproved 4-wheel drive road in [Section 36](/cfr/27/36.md), T15N/R9W; then
  - (18) Proceed south in a straight line to the shoreline of Clear Lake; then
  - (19) Proceed northeasterly along the shoreline of Clear Lake, crossing onto the Lakeport map, and continuing southwesterly along the shoreline, crossing Rodman Slough, to return to the beginning point.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. TTB-182, 87 FR 33645, June 3, 2022]

### 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-182, 87 FR 33645, June 3, 2022]