{"data":{"id":"us/27-cfr-9.141","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"27 CFR 9.141","heading":"Escondido Valley.","body":"(a) Name. The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Escondido Valley.”\n(b) Approved map. The appropriate map for determining the boundaries of the “Escondido Valley” viticultural area is 1 U.S.G.S. (scale 1:250,000) map. It is titled Fort Stockton, Texas, 1954 (revised 1973).\n(c) Boundary. The Escondido Valley viticultural area is located in Pecos County, Texas. The boundary is as follows:\n(1) The beginning point is the intersection of Interstate Route 10 (I-10) and an intermittent stream approximately 18 miles east of the city of Fort Stockton (standard reference GE3317 on the Fort Stockton, Texas, U.S.G.S. map);\n(2) From the beginning point, the boundary follows I-10 in an easterly direction approximately 9 miles until a southbound trail diverges from I-10 just past the point where it intersects horizontal grid line 2 of square GE on the Fort Stockton, Texas, U.S.G.S. map;\n(3) The boundary then follows the trail in a generally southeasterly direction about 5 miles until it intersects the 3000 foot contour line;\n(4) The boundary follows the 3000 foot contour line in a generally westerly direction approximately 17 miles;\n(5) The boundary continues to follow the 3000 foot contour line as it turns sharply northwest, but diverges from the contour line when the contour line turns south again;\n(6) From the point where it diverges from the contour line, the boundary follows a straight north-northwesterly line as it returns to the beginning point at I-10.","path":["Title 27—Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms","CHAPTER I—ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","SUBCHAPTER A—ALCOHOL","PART 9—AMERICAN VITICULTURAL AREAS","Subpart C—Approved American Viticultural Areas"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-27.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:11Z","sha256":"2a9d752ec8c487007069c6b20994cc2196b890f14dda4300fe040c5b478c8911","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/27-cfr-9.140","next":"us/27-cfr-9.142"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}