---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.72"
title: "27"
number: "9.72"
heading: "Southeastern New England."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.72"
---

# §9.72. Southeastern New England.

- (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Southeastern New England.”
- (b) **Approved maps.** The approved maps for determining the boundary of the Southeastern New England viticultural area are three U.S.G.S. maps. They are entitled:
  - (1) “Boston, Mass.; N.H.; Conn.; R.I.; Maine”, scaled 1:250,000, edition of 1956, revised 1970;
  - (2) “Hartford, Conn.; N.Y.; N.J.; Mass.”, scaled 1:250,000, edition of 1962, revised 1975; and
  - (3) “Providence, R.I.; Mass.; Conn.; N.Y.”, scaled 1:250,000, edition of 1947, revised 1969.
- (c) **Boundaries.** The Southeastern New England viticultural area is located in the counties of New Haven, New London, and Middlesex in Connecticut; in the counties of Bristol, Newport, Providence, and Washington, in Rhode Island; and in the counties of Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, and Plymouth in Massachusetts. The beginning point is found on the “Hartford” U.S.G.S. map in New Haven Harbor;
  - (1) Then north following the Quinnipiac River to U.S. Interstate 91;
  - (2) Then east following U.S. Interstate 91 to Connecticut Highway 80;
  - (3) Then east following Connecticut Highway 80 to Connecticut Highway 9 near Deep River;
  - (4) Then north following Connecticut Highway 9 to Connecticut Highway 82;
  - (5) Then north, east, south and east following Connecticut Highway 82 and 182 to Connecticut Highway 2 in Norwich;
  - (6) Then east following Connecticut Highway 2 to Connecticut Highway 165;
  - (7) Then east following Connecticut and Rhode Island Highway 165 to Interstate Highway 95 near Millville;
  - (8) Then north following Interstate Highway 95 to the Kent County-Washington County boundary;
  - (9) Then east following the Kent County-Washington County boundary into Narragansett Bay;
  - (10) Then north through Narragansett Bay, the Providence River, and the Blackstone River to the Rhode Island-Massachusetts State boundary;
  - (11) Then east and south following the Rhode Island-Massachusetts State boundary to the Norfolk-Bristol (Mass.) County boundary;
  - (12) Then northeast following the Norfolk-Bristol (Mass.) County boundary to the Amtrak right-of-way (Penn Central on map) northeast of Mansfield;
  - (13) Then north following the Amtrak right-of-way to the Neponset River immediately east of the Norwood Memorial Airport;
  - (14) Then northeast following the Neponset River into Dorchester Bay;
  - (15) Then east following the Norfolk-Suffolk County boundary, and the Plymouth-Suffolk County boundary into Massachusetts Bay;
  - (16) Then returning to the point of beginning by way of Massachusetts Bay, the Atlantic Ocean, Block Island Sound and Long Island Sound; and including all of the offshore islands in Norfolk, Plymouth, Barnstable, Nantucket, Dukes, and Bristol Counties, Massachusetts; all offshore islands in Rhode Island; and all offshore islands in Connecticut east of the Quinnipiac River.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-169, 49 FR 11830, Mar. 28, 1984]

### 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-169, 49 FR 11830, Mar. 28, 1984]