§ 9.298. Tryon Foothills.
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(a)Name. The name of the viticultural area described in this section is "Tryon Foothills". For purposes of part 4 of this chapter, "Tryon Foothills" is a term of viticultural significance.
(b)Approved maps. The 10 United States Geological Survey
(USGS)1:24,000 scale topographic maps used to determine the boundary of the Tryon Foothills viticultural area are:
(1)Lake Lure, NC, 1982; photoinspected 1987;
(2)Shingle Hollow, NC, 1982;
(3)Pea Ridge, NC, 1982;
(4)Rutherfordton South, NC, 1966;
(5)Fingerville East, SC-NC, 1993 (provisional edition);
(6)Fingerville West, SC-NC, 1983 (provisional edition);
(7)Landrum, SC-NC, 2020;
(8)Saluda, NC-SC, 2019;
(9)Cliffield Mountain, NC, 1997; and
(10)Mill Spring, NC, 1982; photorevised 1990.
(c)Boundary. The Tryon Foothills viticultural area is located in Polk County, North Carolina. The boundary of the viticultural area is described as follows:
(1)The beginning point is on the Lake Lure map at the intersection of the 1,200-foot elevation contour and the shared Polk-Rutherford County line just west of State Highway 9 and north of an unnamed road known locally as Owl Hollow Road. From the beginning point, proceed clockwise along the shared Polk-Rutherford County line and across the Shingle Hollow, Pea Ridge, and Rutherford South maps and onto the Fingerville East map, to the intersection of the shared Polk-Rutherford County line and the shared North Carolina-South Carolina State line; then
(2)Proceed west along the shared North Carolina-South Carolina State line across the Fingerville East, Fingerville West, and Landrum maps and onto the Saluda map to the intersection of the North Carolina-South Carolina State line with the 1,200-foot elevation contour north of Dug Hill Road; then
(3)Proceed generally northerly along the meandering 1,200-foot elevation contour, crossing back and forth onto the Landrum and Saluda maps and onto the Mill Spring map, and continuing along the 1,200-foot elevation contour as it crosses onto the Cliffield Mountain map and then back onto the Mill Spring map and finally onto the Lake Lure map, returning to the beginning point at the intersection of the 1,200-foot elevation contour and the shared Polk-Rutherford County line just west of State Highway 9. \[90 FR 46473, Sept. 29, 2025\]