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📍 Limburg (Netherlands)

Appellation ✔ Checked: 10.2026 · sources: 5 Updated:

The hilly south with chalk slopes and the Maasvallei and Maastricht appellations.

Limburg is the southernmost province of the Netherlands and the country's main wine area. It consists of hilly land around Maastricht, with chalk slopes and clayey marl soils. The district is part of Dutch wine. It includes the Mergelland area and the Maas valley, and the region's wine appellations are Maasvallei Limburg (PDO) and De Voerendaalse Bergen.

Winemaking in the Netherlands is small: in 2023 about 210 commercial vineyards covered more than 300 hectares, and about half of that was in Limburg, 61 estates on 147.5 hectares. The other vineyards are in Gelderland and other provinces, but the main areas are South Limburg, the Achterhoek and the Betuwe.

Winemaking near Maastricht is known from very early times: medieval inventories already mention vineyards near the city, but around 1946 the last one had disappeared, and later entrepreneurs began planting vineyards again, mainly in Limburg.

Growers plant Pinot Noir, Malbec, Riesling and a number of cold-hardy varieties. In the Netherlands nine wine names are registered as PDOs, among them Maasvallei Limburg. South Limburg borders Belgium and Germany.

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Part of
🗺️ Dutch wine
Related to
📜 De Voerendaalse Bergen
Grapes
🍇 Pinot Noir, 🍇 Riesling
Wines
🍷 White wine, 🍷 Red wine, 🍷 Rosé, 🍷 Still wine, 🍷 Sparkling wine

Frequently asked questions

Where is wine-growing Limburg?

In the south of the Netherlands, around Maastricht, on hills by the Maas valley.

How many vineyards are there in the Netherlands?

In 2023 about 210 commercial vineyards on more than 300 hectares, about half of the area in Limburg.

What appellations does Limburg have?

Maasvallei Limburg (PDO) and De Voerendaalse Bergen.

What to read next

  • 🍷 Still wine — Ordinary wine without carbon dioxide bubbles.
  • 🍷 White wine — Wine made from grape juice without the skins; it can come from pale and even dark berries.
  • 🍷 Red wine — Wine from dark grapes that ferments with the skins and takes its colour from them.
  • 🍷 Rosé — Wine from dark grapes kept briefly with their skins, so the colour is pale pink.
  • 🍷 Sparkling wine — Wine with bubbles of carbon dioxide produced by a second fermentation.

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📜 Flevoland · 📜 Groningen · 📜 North Brabant · 📜 Overijssel · 📍 Zeeland · 📜 Twente

⚠️ Wine contains alcohol: adults only, drink in moderation. Wine usually contains sulphites; egg white or milk proteins are sometimes used for fining — important for allergies and for vegans.

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