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...known," says director Jean-Claude Colson. Palmer makes a Blanc de Blancs (100% pure Chardonnay) Champagne for Sainsbury's in the U.K., but otherwise sells mainly to restaurants and a roster of regular clients who include locals looking for a reasonably priced, high-quality bottle. Closer to Epernay is Beaumont des Crayères, www.champagne-beaumont.com, described by British wine writer Hugh Johnson as "a small outstanding cooperative." It has been on an export drive for more than a decade, particularly with its biggest-selling bottle, a nonvintage Grande Réserve Champagne, made of 60% Pinot Meunier. The Specialist Growers...
...universities hit by Hurricane Rita will resume classes in the next two weeks, while universities hit by Hurricane Katrina, including Tulane and Loyola, will stay closed until next semester. At Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, fallen trees have been cleared away but restoration teams are still working across campus to dry out waterlogged carpets and floors, fix Internet servers and phone systems, and repair buildings before students return to campus next Monday, according to the school’s website and an administrator there.Many Lamar students were scheduled to graduate in December, and thus the school had to create...
Jehee Choi ’07, of Beaumont, Texas, said she did not need any counseling services because the property damage her house suffered was not as severe as the loss of life experienced by others...
...heard our house’s fence is down, but I’m thankful it didn’t get hit anymore than it did,” she said, “I heard the damage in Beaumont is really severe, but I think everybody got out of this alive...
...base, and dozens of other military Installations with tens of thousands of soldiers and their families. There is also the vital defense industry-all the big contractors have facilities in Texas and a big natural disaster could potentially damage the military industrial base. Another concern was the ports of Beaumont and Galveston, which are key debarkation points for U.S. troops and goods going to Iraq and Afghanistan. "We're not just looking at Rita's impact over the next few days and weeks-we're looking at how it might impact the war effort," said Col. Pounding on Friday morning...