---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.39"
title: "27"
number: "9.39"
heading: "Paicines."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.39"
---

# §9.39. Paicines.

- (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Paicines.”
- (b) **Approved maps.** The appropriate maps for determining the boundaries of the Paicines viticultural area are the three U.S.G.S. maps. They are titled:
  - (1) “Tres Pinos Quadrangle, California,” 7.5 minute series (1971);
  - (2) “Paicines Quadrangle, California,” 7.5 minute series (1968); and
  - (3) “Cherry Peak Quadrangle, California,” 7.5 minute series (1968).
- (c) **Boundaries.** The Paicines viticultural area is located in San Benito County, California. The beginning point is the northwestern-most point of the proposed area at Township 14 South, Range 6 East, [Section 3](/cfr/27/3.md), northwest corner, located on U.S.G.S. map “Tres Pinos Quadrangle.”
  - (1) From the beginning point the boundary runs east along the north border of Sections [3](/cfr/27/3.md), [2](/cfr/27/2.md), and [1](/cfr/27/1.md), Township 14 South, Range 6 East;
  - (2) Thence south along the east border of [Section 1](/cfr/27/1.md), Township 14 South, Range 6 East; thence east along the north border of [Section 7](/cfr/27/7.md), Township 14 South, Range 7 East; thence south along the east border of [Section 7](/cfr/27/7.md), Township 14 South, Range 7 East;
  - (3) Thence continuing south along the east border of [Section 18](/cfr/27/18.md), Township 14 South, Range 7 East; thence east along the north border of [Section 20](/cfr/27/20.md), Township 14 South, Range 7 East; thence south along the east border of Sections [20](/cfr/27/20.md), [29](/cfr/27/29.md) and [32](/cfr/27/32.md), Township 14 South, Range 7 East;
  - (4) Thence continuing south along the east border of [Section 5](/cfr/27/5.md), Township 15 South, Range 7 East; thence south along the east border of Sections [8](/cfr/27/8.md) and [17](/cfr/27/17.md), Township 15 South, Range 7 East to latitude line 36°37′30″;
  - (5) Thence west along latitude line 36°37′30″ to the west border of [Section 18](/cfr/27/18.md), Township 15 South, Range 7 East;
  - (6) Thence north along the west border of Sections [18](/cfr/27/18.md) and [7](/cfr/27/7.md), Township 15 South, Range 7 East; thence west along the south border of [Section 1](/cfr/27/1.md), Township 15 South, Range 6 East; thence north along the west border of [Section 1](/cfr/27/1.md), Township 15 South, Range 6 East to the 800-foot elevation contour line and then in a generally northwest direction along this 800-foot contour line to where it intersects with the south border of [Section 35](/cfr/27/35.md), Township 14 South, Range 6 East;
  - (7) Thence west along the south border of [Section 35](/cfr/27/35.md), Township 14 South, Range 6 East; thence north along the east border of [Section 34](/cfr/27/34.md), Township 14 South, Range 6 East; thence in a northwest direction along the northeast border of [Section 34](/cfr/27/34.md), Township 14 South, Range 6 East; thence continuing in a northwest direction along the east border of [Section 27](/cfr/27/27.md), Township 14 South, Range 6 East;
  - (8) Thence continuing in a northwest direction to the northeast border of [Section 22](/cfr/27/22.md), Township 14 South, Range 6 East to where an unnamed, unimproved dirt road intersects the northeast border; thence east and then northwest along the unimproved dirt road to the intersection with the San Benito River; thence following the San Benito River and meandering north to the intersection with the east border of [Section 4](/cfr/27/4.md), Township 14 South, Range 6 East;
  - (9) Thence continuing north along the east border of [Section 4](/cfr/27/4.md), Township 14 South, Range 6 East to the point of beginning.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-108, 47 FR 35481, Aug. 16, 1982]

### 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-108, 47 FR 35481, Aug. 16, 1982]