Designations of origin in Slovenia

Slovenia has 22 designations of origin protected in the EU: 17 wines (14 PDO and 3 PGI) and 5 cheeses (5 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 “Bovški sir” (protected since 2004); 4 designations share that year. For 22 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 (17)

DesignationTypeProtected sinceLegal text
Bela krajinaPDO2006Legal text
BelokranjecPDO2006Legal text
BizeljčanPDO2009Legal text
Bizeljsko SremičPDO2006Legal text
CvičekPDO2006Legal text
DolenjskaPDO2006Legal text
Goriška BrdaPDO2006Legal text
KrasPDO2006Legal text
Metliška črninaPDO2009Legal text
PodravjePGI2006Legal text
PosavjePGI2006Legal text
PrekmurjePDO2006Legal text
PrimorskaPGI2006Legal text
Slovenska IstraPDO2009Legal text
Štajerska SlovenijaPDO2009Legal text
TeranPDO2006Legal text
Vipavska dolinaPDO2006Legal text

Cheeses (5)

DesignationTypeProtected sinceLegal text
Bovški sirPDO2004Legal text
Istarski ovčji sir / Istrski ovčji sirPDO2022–
MohantPDO2004Legal text
Nanoški sirPDO2004Legal text
TolmincPDO2004Legal text

See the map of each area · Slovenia →

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

Designations of origin in other countries

Italy · France · Spain · Greece · Romania · Portugal · Bulgaria · Germany · Hungary · Austria · Netherlands · United Kingdom · Croatia · Slovakia · Czechia · Cyprus · Belgium · Denmark · Poland · Designations of origin by country