Designations of origin in Portugal

Portugal has 56 designations of origin protected in the EU: 44 wines (30 PDO and 14 PGI) and 12 cheeses (11 PDO and 1 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 “Alenquer” (protected since 1991); 20 designations share that year. 5 designations have been protected since 2010. For 56 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 (44)

DesignationTypeProtected sinceLegal text
AçoresPGI2006Legal text
AlenquerPDO1991Legal text
AlentejanoPGI2004Legal text
AlentejoPDO1996Legal text
AlgarvePGI1999Legal text
ArrudaPDO1991Legal text
BairradaPDO1991Legal text
Beira AtlânticoPGI2017–
Beira InteriorPDO2004Legal text
BiscoitosPDO1996Legal text
BucelasPDO1991Legal text
CarcavelosPDO1991Legal text
ColaresPDO1991Legal text
DãoPDO1991Legal text
DoTejoPDO2011Legal text
DouroPDO1991Legal text
DuriensePGI2007Legal text
Encostas d'AirePDO1991Legal text
GraciosaPDO1996Legal text
LafõesPDO1991Legal text
LagoaPDO1991Legal text
LagosPDO1991Legal text
LisboaPGI2009Legal text
Madeira / Vinho da Madeira / Madère / Vin de Madère / Madera / Madeira Wein / Madeira Wine / Vino di Madera / Madeira WijnPDO1991Legal text
MadeirensePDO2007Legal text
MinhoPGI1999Legal text
ÓbidosPDO1991Legal text
PalmelaPDO1991Legal text
Península de SetúbalPGI2009Legal text
PicoPDO1996Legal text
PortimãoPDO1991Legal text
Porto / Port / vinho do Porto / Port Wine / vin de Porto / Oporto / Portvin / Portwein / PortwijnPDO1991Legal text
SetúbalPDO1991Legal text
TaviraPDO1991Legal text
Távora-VarosaPDO2004Legal text
TejoPGI2009Legal text
Terras da BeiraPGI2017Legal text
Terras de CisterPGI2017Legal text
Terras do DãoPGI2017Legal text
Terras MadeirensesPGI2007Legal text
Torres VedrasPDO1996Legal text
TransmontanoPGI2007Legal text
Trás-os-MontesPDO1996Legal text
Vinho VerdePDO1991Legal text

Cheeses (12)

DesignationTypeProtected sinceLegal text
Queijo da Beira BaixaPDO1996Legal text
Queijo de AzeitãoPDO1996Legal text
Queijo de Cabra Transmontano / Queijo de Cabra Transmontano VelhoPDO1996Legal text
Queijo de ÉvoraPDO1996Legal text
Queijo de NisaPDO1996Legal text
Queijo do PicoPDO1997Legal text
Queijo mestiço de TolosaPGI1998Legal text
Queijo RabaçalPDO1996Legal text
Queijo S. JorgePDO1996Legal text
Queijo SerpaPDO1996Legal text
Queijo Serra da EstrelaPDO1996Legal text
Queijo TerrinchoPDO1996Legal text

See the map of each area · Portugal →

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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