Vin de pays
Wine production occurs in both Wallonia and Flanders. As French is one of Belgium's official languages, the official terms used for Belgian wine regions are the same as those for French wine. Belgium has five officially demarcated "Appellations d'origine contrôlées" (AOCs), four in Flanders and one in Wallonia, and two "Vin de pays" regions. Hageland, situated in Flemish Brabant close to Leuven, was the first AOC was created, in 1997. AOC Haspengouw (Hesbaye) followed in 2000, located in Limburg, close to the border with Netherlands, and home to Belgium's most famous "château" and largest wine producer, "Wijnkasteel Genoels-Elderen". AOC Heuvelland followed in 2005. In Dutch, these three Flemish AOCs are written as "Hagelandse wijn", "Haspengouwse wijn" and "Heuvellandse wijn", respectively, and the official term corresponding to the French term AOC is "Gecontroleerde oorsprongsbenaming". There is also an AOC for quality sparkling wine from Flanders, "Vlaamse mousserende kwaliteitswijn", created in 2005.