Designations of origin in Netherlands

Netherlands has 28 designations of origin protected in the EU: 21 wines (9 PDO and 12 PGI) and 7 cheeses (4 PDO and 3 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 “Noord-Hollandse Edammer” (protected since 1996); 2 designations share that year. 10 designations have been protected since 2010. For 28 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 (21)

DesignationTypeProtected sinceLegal text
Achterhoek - WinterswijkPDO2017Legal text
De Voerendaalse BergenPDO2021Legal text
DrenthePGI2004Legal text
FlevolandPGI2004Legal text
FrieslandPGI2004Legal text
GelderlandPGI2004Legal text
GroningenPGI2004Legal text
LimburgPGI2004Legal text
Maasvallei LimburgPDO2016Legal text
MergellandPDO2016Legal text
Noord-BrabantPGI2007Legal text
Noord-HollandPGI2007Legal text
OoldePDO2016Legal text
OverijsselPGI2004Legal text
RivierenlandPDO2021Legal text
Schouwen-DuivelandPDO2021Legal text
TwentePDO2022–
UtrechtPGI2004Legal text
VijlenPDO2016Legal text
ZeelandPGI2004Legal text
Zuid-HollandPGI2007Legal text

Cheeses (7)

DesignationTypeProtected sinceLegal text
Boeren-Leidse met sleutelsPDO1997Legal text
Edam HollandPGI2003Legal text
Gouda HollandPGI2003Legal text
Hollandse geitenkaasPGI2013Legal text
Kanterkaas / Kanternagelkaas / KanterkomijnekaasPDO1999Legal text
Noord-Hollandse EdammerPDO1996Legal text
Noord-Hollandse GoudaPDO1996Legal text

See the map of each area · Netherlands →

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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