Name. The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Southeastern New England.”

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:

“Boston, Mass.; N.H.; Conn.; R.I.; Maine”, scaled 1:250,000, edition of 1956, revised 1970;

“Hartford, Conn.; N.Y.; N.J.; Mass.”, scaled 1:250,000, edition of 1962, revised 1975; and

“Providence, R.I.; Mass.; Conn.; N.Y.”, scaled 1:250,000, edition of 1947, revised 1969.

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;

Then north following the Quinnipiac River to U.S. Interstate 91;

Then east following U.S. Interstate 91 to Connecticut Highway 80;

Then east following Connecticut Highway 80 to Connecticut Highway 9 near Deep River;

Then north following Connecticut Highway 9 to Connecticut Highway 82;

Then north, east, south and east following Connecticut Highway 82 and 182 to Connecticut Highway 2 in Norwich;

Then east following Connecticut Highway 2 to Connecticut Highway 165;

Then east following Connecticut and Rhode Island Highway 165 to Interstate Highway 95 near Millville;

Then north following Interstate Highway 95 to the Kent County-Washington County boundary;

Then east following the Kent County-Washington County boundary into Narragansett Bay;

Then north through Narragansett Bay, the Providence River, and the Blackstone River to the Rhode Island-Massachusetts State boundary;

Then east and south following the Rhode Island-Massachusetts State boundary to the Norfolk-Bristol (Mass.) County boundary;

Then northeast following the Norfolk-Bristol (Mass.) County boundary to the Amtrak right-of-way (Penn Central on map) northeast of Mansfield;

Then north following the Amtrak right-of-way to the Neponset River immediately east of the Norwood Memorial Airport;

Then northeast following the Neponset River into Dorchester Bay;

Then east following the Norfolk-Suffolk County boundary, and the Plymouth-Suffolk County boundary into Massachusetts Bay;

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.