---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.34"
title: "27"
number: "9.34"
heading: "Finger Lakes."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.34"
---

# §9.34. Finger Lakes.

- (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Finger Lakes.”
- (b) **Approved maps.** The appropriate maps for determining the boundaries of the Finger Lakes viticultural area are two U.S.G.S. maps scaled 1:250,000. They are entitled:
  - (1) “Rochester,” Location diagram NK 18-1, 1961; and
  - (2) “Elmira,” Location diagram NK 18-4, 1968.
- (c) **Boundaries.** The boundaries of the Finger Lakes viticultural area, based on landmarks and points of reference found on the approved maps, are as follows:
  - (1) Starting at the most northwest point, the intersection of the Erie Canal and the north/south Conrail line south of the City of Rochester.
  - (2) Then east along the course of the Erie Canal approximately 56 miles (45 miles due east) to the intersection of New York State Highway 89 (NY-89).
  - (3) **Then south on NY-89 four miles to the intersection of highway US-20.**
  - (4) **Then east on US-20 for 36 miles to the intersection of interstate 81 (I-81).**
  - (5) **Then south along I-81 for ten miles to NY-281.**
  - (6) Then south along NY-281 for 20 miles around the western city limits of Cortland where NY-281 becomes NY-13.
  - (7) Then continuing southwest on NY-13 (through the cities of Dryden and Ithaca) approximately 36 miles to the intersection of NY-224.
  - (8) **Then due west one mile to the southern boundary of Schuyler County.**
  - (9) **Then continuing west along this county line 20 miles to the community of Meads Creek.**
  - (10) **Then north along the Schuyler-Steuben county line four miles to the major east-west power line.**
  - (11) Then west along the power line for eight miles to the intersection of NY-17 (four miles southeast of the community of Bath).
  - (12) **Then northwest on NY-17 approximately nine miles to the intersection of I-390.**
  - (13) **Then northwest on I-390 for 21 miles to the intersection of NY-36.**
  - (14) **Then north for two miles through the community of Dansville to NY-63.**
  - (15) **Then northwest on NY-63 approximately 18 miles to the intersection of NY-39, just south of Genesco.**
  - (16) Then north on NY-39 nine miles to the intersection where the west and north/south Conrail lines meet at the community of Avon.
  - (17) Then north along the north/south Conrail line for 15 miles to the beginning point at the intersection of the Erie Canal.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-113, 47 FR 38518, Sept. 1, 1982, as amended by T.D. ATF-249, 52 FR 5956, Feb. 27, 1987]

### 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. ATF-113, 47 FR 38518, Sept. 1, 1982, as amended by T.D. ATF-249, 52 FR 5956, Feb. 27, 1987]