Champagne’s vineyards and wine cellars added to World Heritage register by UNESCO

Champagne’s historic vineyards and wine cellars where the world’s most famous sparkling wines are produced have been listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO. In a double victory for French wine, the vineyards of Burgundy were crowned with the same prestigious distinction by the UN cultural body in the German city of Bonn. It picked out the Avenue de Champagne in Epernay, where the grand houses sit atop miles of cavernous cellars where millions of bottles of bubbly are aged.