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At Bob’s Market in Santa Monica, Calif., liquor and wine buyer Rick Rosenbloom hefted a 750-milliliter bottle of Veuve Clicquot Brut, one of the store’s most popular brands of Champagne.
Prices for wine, beer and spirits are up compared with a year ago because of supply-chain problems, material shortages and higher costs. Expect it to get worse.