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Champagne losing its fizz as global pandemic clobbers sales

by Associated Press
| August 2, 2020 12:03 AM

REIMS, France (AP) — Champagne is losing its fizz. For months, lockdown put the cork on weddings, dining out, parties and international travel — all key sales components for the French luxury wine marketed for decades as a sparkling must at any celebration.

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