🏛️ UNESCO wine heritage
Wine regions and traditions placed on UNESCO's list of world heritage.
UNESCO heritage and wine means wine landscapes and traditions that UNESCO has put on its heritage lists. The lists include both places and living traditions. The status means these lands are recognised as valuable to all people and should be preserved.
Wine places on the lists include Tokaj in Hungary, the Lavaux terraces in Switzerland, the Upper Douro in Portugal, the Champagne hillsides and Burgundy climats in France, Saint-Émilion, the Loire Valley, Langhe-Roero and Monferrato and the Prosecco hills in Italy, Cinque Terre, the Wachau in Austria, Fertő/Neusiedlersee on the border of Austria and Hungary, the Stari Grad Plain in Croatia, Pico Island in the Azores, and the Upper Middle Rhine Valley in Germany.
Traditions are listed too: the Georgian qvevri method, where wine ferments in clay vessels buried in the ground, and the vine growing of the island of Pantelleria. UNESCO heritage ties wine to culture. This status helps preserve landscape, craft and knowledge handed down through generations.
What it includes
- 🏛️ The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy
- 🏛️ Wachau Cultural Landscape
- 🏛️ Alto Douro Wine Region
- 🏛️ Upper Middle Rhine Valley
- 🏛️ Traditional agricultural practice of cultivating the vite ad alberello of Pantelleria
- 🏛️ Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
- 🏛️ Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
- 🏛️ Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato
- 🏛️ Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture
- 🏛️ Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
- 🏛️ Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars
- 🏛️ Stari Grad Plain
- 🏛️ Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape
- 🏛️ Fertő / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape
- 🏛️ Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene
- 🏛️ Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
- 🏛️ Ancient Georgian traditional Qvevri wine-making method
- 🍷 Tokaji
How it connects to Wine
🏛️ UNESCO wine heritage → kind of → 🍷 History of wine → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍷 History of wine
Frequently asked questions
Which wine places are on UNESCO lists?
They include Tokaj, Lavaux, the Upper Douro, the Champagne hillsides, Burgundy climats and the Wachau.
Are traditions listed as well as places?
Yes, for example the Georgian qvevri method and the viticulture of Pantelleria.
What does heritage status give?
Recognition of value and help in preserving land, craft and knowledge.