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Champagne Shortage Likely to Push Up Prices of Bubbly Over Holidays

Champagne Shortage Likely to Push Up Prices of Bubbly Over Holidays
An employee conducts quality control at the French champagne house Bollinger, in Ay, near Epernay, France, on Dec. 2, 2020. Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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With New Year’s Eve a little over a week away, experts say revelers should brace for higher prices of champagne and difficulty finding the most popular brands amid a global shortage of bubbly.

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted supply chains in various ways, with champagne being the latest casualty.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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