Champagne, Burgundy honored by UNESCO
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The historic vineyards, wine cellars and champagne houses 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, corks were also popping in Burgundy after its vineyards were crowned with the same prestigious distinction by the United Nations cultural body.
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.
There was mention too of the village of Hautvilliers, in whose abbey, as legend has it, the monk Dom Perignon first invented the double fermentation technique that gives champagne its fizz.
UNESCO said on Saturday that the champagne world heritage status covers “the places sparkling wine was developed using a second fermentation method in the bottle from the beginning of the 17th century until its early industrialization in the 19th century.”
The hills of the northern French Champagne region already contain some of the most expensive agricultural land in Europe.
In Burgundy, UNESCO recognized the uniqueness of the vineyards of the Cote de Nuits and the Cote de Beaune south of the city Dijon which produce some of the finest red wines in the world made from pinot noir and chardonnay grapes.
“Champagne and Burgundy are two splendid French regions, which show what France does best,” said Philippe Lalliot, the country’s ambassador to UNESCO.
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