Designations of origin in Austria

Austria has 37 designations of origin protected in the EU: 30 wines (27 PDO and 3 PGI) and 7 cheeses (7 PDO and 0 PGI). This page lists them with their type, the year of protection and the legal text of each in the European Commission’s eAmbrosia register.

In brief

The oldest on the list is “Carnuntum” (protected since 1996); 14 designations share that year. 5 designations have been protected since 2010. For 37 of them the country’s interactive profile draws the production area on a map; PGI areas and some PDO areas are at the level of administrative units and may be larger than the real area.

PDO: closest link to the area (cheese: the whole process; wine: all the grapes). PGI: looser link (cheese: at least one stage; wine: at least 85% of the grapes).

Wines (30)

DesignationTypeProtected sinceLegal text
BerglandPGI2004Legal text
BurgenlandPDO1999Legal text
CarnuntumPDO1996Legal text
EisenbergPDO2011Legal text
KamptalPDO1996Legal text
KärntenPDO2004Legal text
KremstalPDO1996Legal text
LeithabergPDO2009Legal text
MittelburgenlandPDO1996Legal text
NeusiedlerseePDO1996Legal text
NiederösterreichPDO1999Legal text
OberösterreichPDO2004Legal text
RosaliaPDO2020Legal text
Ruster AusbruchPDO2021–
SalzburgPDO2004Legal text
SteiermarkPDO1999Legal text
SteirerlandPGI2004Legal text
SüdsteiermarkPDO1996Legal text
ThermenregionPDO1996Legal text
TirolPDO1999Legal text
TraisentalPDO1996Legal text
VorarlbergPDO1999Legal text
Vulkanland SteiermarkPDO1996Legal text
WachauPDO1996Legal text
WagramPDO2009Legal text
WeinlandPGI2004Legal text
WeinviertelPDO1996Legal text
WeststeiermarkPDO1996Legal text
WienPDO1996Legal text
Wiener Gemischter SatzPDO2020–

Cheeses (7)

DesignationTypeProtected sinceLegal text
Ennstaler SteirerkasPDO2020Legal text
Gailtaler AlmkäsePDO1997Legal text
Tiroler Almkäse / Tiroler AlpkäsePDO1997Legal text
Tiroler BergkäsePDO1997Legal text
Tiroler GraukäsePDO1996Legal text
Vorarlberger AlpkäsePDO1997Legal text
Vorarlberger BergkäsePDO1997Legal text

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Source: European Commission, eAmbrosia (EU geographical indications register) · Licence: CC BY 4.0, © European Union · Register data as of 2026-11-02. Only what the register publishes; nothing is added. Methodology

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