Designations of origin in Belgium

Belgium has 11 designations of origin protected in the EU: 10 wines (8 PDO and 2 PGI) and 1 cheeses (1 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 “Fromage de Herve” (protected since 1996). For 11 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 (10)

DesignationTypeProtected sinceLegal text
Côtes de Sambre et MeusePDO2006Legal text
Crémant de WalloniePDO2009Legal text
Hagelandse wijnPDO2004Legal text
Haspengouwse wijnPDO2004Legal text
Heuvellandse wijnPDO2009Legal text
Maasvallei LimburgPDO2016Legal text
Vin de pays des jardins de WalloniePGI2006Legal text
Vin mousseux de qualité de WalloniePDO2009Legal text
Vlaamse landwijnPGI2008Legal text
Vlaamse mousserende kwaliteitswijnPDO2009Legal text

Cheeses (1)

DesignationTypeProtected sinceLegal text
Fromage de HervePDO1996Legal text

See the map of each area · Belgium →

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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