---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.37"
title: "27"
number: "9.37"
heading: "California Shenandoah Valley."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.37"
---

# §9.37. California Shenandoah Valley.

- (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Shenandoah Valley” qualified by the word “California” in direct conjunction with the name “Shenandoah Valley.”
- (b) **Approved maps.** The appropriate maps for determining the boundaries of the California Shenandoah Valley viticultural area are two 1962 U.S.G.S. maps. The maps are titled: “Fiddletown Quadrangle California” 7.5 minute series and “Amador City Quadrangle California-Amador Co.” 7.5 minute series.
- (c) **Boundaries.** The Shenandoah Valley viticultural Area is located in portions of Amador and El Dorado Counties of California. The boundaries are as follows:
  - (1) **Beginning at the point where the Consumnes River meets Big Indian Creek.**
  - (2) Then south, following Big Indian Creek, until Big Indian Creek meets the boundary between Sections [1](/cfr/27/1.md) and [2](/cfr/27/2.md) of Township 7 North Range 10 East.
  - (3) **Then following this boundary south until it meets the Oleta (Fiddletown) Road.**
  - (4) Then following the Oleta Road east until it meets the boundary between Sections [6](/cfr/27/6.md) and [5](/cfr/27/5.md) of Township 7 North Range 11 East.
  - (5) Then following that boundary north into Township 8 North Range 11 East, and continues north on the boundary between Sections [31](/cfr/27/31.md) and [32](/cfr/27/32.md) until this boundary meets Big Indian Creek.
  - (6) Then following Big Indian Creek in a northeasterly direction until Big Indian Creek meets the boundary between Sections [28](/cfr/27/28.md) and [27](/cfr/27/27.md) of Township 8 North Range 11 East.
  - (7) Then following this boundary north until it reaches the southeast corner of [Section 21](/cfr/27/21.md) of Township 8 North Range 11 East.
  - (8) The boundary then proceeds east, then north, then west along the boundary of the western half of [Section 22](/cfr/27/22.md) of Township 8 North Range 11 East to the intersection of Sections [16](/cfr/27/16.md), [15](/cfr/27/15.md), [21](/cfr/27/21.md), and [22](/cfr/27/22.md).
  - (9) Then proceeding north along the boundary line between Sections [16](/cfr/27/16.md) and [15](/cfr/27/15.md) of Township 8 North Range 11 East and continues north along the boundary of Sections [9](/cfr/27/9.md) and [10](/cfr/27/10.md) of Township 8 North Range 11 East to the intersection of Sections [9](/cfr/27/9.md), [10](/cfr/27/10.md), [3](/cfr/27/3.md), and [4](/cfr/27/4.md) of Township 8 North Range 11 East.
  - (10) **Then proceeding west along the boundary of Sections 9 and 4.**
  - (11) Then continuing west along the boundary of Sections [5](/cfr/27/5.md) and [8](/cfr/27/8.md) of Township 8 North Range 11 East to the Consumnes River.
  - (12) **Then the boundary proceeds west along the Consumnes River to the point of the beginning.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-121, 47 FR 57696, Dec. 28, 1982, as amended by T.D. ATF-249, 52 FR 5957, 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-121, 47 FR 57696, Dec. 28, 1982, as amended by T.D. ATF-249, 52 FR 5957, Feb. 27, 1987]