UNESCO lists Champagne vineyards

The historic vineyards and wine cellars of France's Champagne region have been listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO.

Vineyards in Champagne-Ardenne. Credit J.Guillard. Supplied by Champagne-Ardenne Tourism. Source: Champagne-Ardenne Tourism

In a double victory for French wine, the vineyards of Burgundy were also given the prestigious status.

The UN's World Heritage Committee meeting in Bonn also granted the status to two sites in Iran - the troglodyte settlements of Maymand and the ancient city of Susa - as well as Singapore's Botanical Gardens and the Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain sacred landscape in Mongolia.