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# Cheese AOC/PDO reference

A cheese AOC/PDO reference documents protected-designation cheeses—Roquefort, Comté, Parmigiano Reggiano—as concept entities with region, milk type, and minimum aging rules rather than a cheesemonger storefront. HVCE ships each designation as an answer-first profile with sourced regulatory facts, so culinary publishers earn citation-grade authority instead of recycled blog paragraphs.

*Last updated: 2026-07-24*

## Record

- **Title**: [Cheese AOC/PDO reference](https://hypersonicseo.com/hvce-site-cheese-aoc-pdo-reference/?format=md)
- **Place**: Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, Occitanie, France
- **Range**: france · occitanie · global · food-drink
- **Use case**: Authority knowledge bases
- **Website**: mailto:chris62475@gmail.com
- **Contact address**: Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, Occitanie, France
- **Coordinates**: 43.9833, 3.0167
- **CTA**: [Ask about an HVCE license](mailto:chris62475@gmail.com?subject=HVCE%20License%20Inquiry)
- **CTA note**: Licenses from $149/year (Single entry). Live demos on hypersonicseo.com.

### Summary

A cheese AOC/PDO reference documents protected-designation cheeses—Roquefort, Comté, Parmigiano Reggiano—as concept entities with region, milk type, and minimum aging rules rather than a cheesemonger storefront. HVCE ships each designation as an answer-first profile with sourced regulatory facts, so culinary publishers earn citation-grade authority instead of recycled blog paragraphs.

### Description

## What this site is
Home cooks and culinary students ask "what makes a cheese PDO" and "where can it legally be made." This reference answers with the actual designation rules—region boundary, milk type, and aging minimum—rather than tasting-note filler that dodges the regulatory question a search or AI query is actually asking.

## How the catalog is organized
Facets cover milk type, texture class, and designation body (AOC, PDO, PGI); minimum aging duration stays a strict numeric field when the regulation publishes one. A light optional map can show the protected region boundary, since PDO status is explicitly tied to geography, unlike a general cultivar entry.

## Why culinary publishers pitch regulatory-grade pages
Designation rules are exactly the kind of sourced, stable fact answer engines prefer over subjective tasting notes. Food publishers use the format to build topical authority in a crowded niche without competing purely on recipe volume, and agencies reuse the schema across other PDO food categories.

## Related surfaces
Complements [[hvce-site-wine-grape-cultivar-encyclopedia]] for a full food-and-drink authority cluster, and can cross-link to affiliate cheese-board or wine-pairing hubs that monetize the traffic. See [[hvce-reason-organized-catalogs]] for why the taxonomy stays clean at scale.

## What ships with every page
Every reference profile is crawlable HTML with its own metadata, answer-first framing, structured data aligned to visible facts, and a clean text twin for answer engines—so authority bases stay trustworthy for learners and citable for search and AI systems.

### Categories

- authority
- food drink
- research
- catalog
- education

### Attributes

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Buyer Persona | publisher |
| Compare Suitability | optional |
| Delivery Mode | static |
| Discovery Surfaces | seo-aeo |
| Facet Dimensions | 5 |
| Map Suitability | optional |
| Overlap Cluster | food-drink |
| Primary Monetization | affiliate |
| Profile Depth Score | 4 |
| Typical Catalog Size | 180 entities |

## Frequently asked questions

### What is the difference between AOC, PDO, and PGI?

Each is a regulatory designation with its own geographic and production rules; the entity should cite the specific body.

### Do I need a supplier storefront?

No. This is a reference layer; commerce can link out via affiliate CTAs to a separate dataset.

### Should the protected region show on a map?

Optional, and appropriate here since PDO status is legally tied to a boundary—unlike concept-only cultivar entries.

### How often do designation rules change?

Rarely, but verify against the regulatory body periodically and date each profile's verification.

### Can this expand to other PDO foods?

Yes—the same attribute schema covers wine, olive oil, or charcuterie designations with minor facet tweaks.