Central Coast GIS
Wine appellation · CA

North Coast

The North Coast appellation was established in 1983 and covers 3,294,693 acres across Lake, Marin, Mendocino. It contains 50 sub-appellations.

Established1983
Area3,294,693 acres · 5,148 sq miles
CountiesLake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Solano, Sonoma
Contains50 smaller appellations
Federal listing27 CFR 9.30
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How it came to be

Recognised by the federal government on petition by Terry Dereniuk.

3,294,693 acres


The boundary, as written into law

Every American wine appellation is defined in federal regulations by walking the boundary landmark by landmark. The official description of this one begins:

(1) Then follow the Pacific coastline in a generally southeasterly direction for 9.4 miles, crossing onto the Tomales map, to Preston Point on Tomales Bay; (2) Then northeast along the shoreline of Tomales Bay approximately 1 mile to the mouth of Walker Creek opposite benchmark (BM) 10 on State Highway 1; (3) Then southeast in a straight line for 1.3 miles to the marked 714-foot peak; (4) Then southeast in a...

Boundary traced by the UC Davis Library from the official descriptions in federal regulation, and released under an open licence. Smoothed for manufacturing. Decorative use only, not for legal boundary determination.