The Champagne region was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2015.
UNESCO inscribed the “Champagne hillsides, houses and cellars” as a cultural World Heritage site. The designation recognizes the landscape and the production system associated with Champagne, including vineyards, historic houses, underground cellars and the routes linking major production centers.
The listed property includes places such as the Avenue de Champagne in Épernay, the historic vineyards around Hautvillers and the Saint-Nicaise Hill in Reims. Together, these locations show how the region’s geology, vineyard work, cellar practices and commercial development shaped a distinctive cultural landscape.
The listing does not mean every vineyard in the broader Champagne wine region is individually a UNESCO site. It identifies a defined cultural property and its outstanding universal value. UNESCO status is therefore a heritage designation, not a separate quality grade for individual bottles.