RJS, next time you head out for a weekend int he van, wrap a bottle of wine in a wet towel, or stick it in a wet terry towel sock or two. Problem would be to find a spot to put it, in some draught but not in the sun...

I can see a cottage industry, "Rocky's Bottle Socks". They not only will act as coolers, but can be used to prevent the bottles from clinking in the cupboard.

alistair

On 2011-07-30, at 6:56 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

> Right, that's self-evident. Evap coolers, whether in the form of a couple-a terra cotta pots or in the form of swamp coolers, are a good choice in your arid areas, but not so much in your humid areas.
> 
> McNeely must-a thought I was posting the link because I thought the setup was a one-size-fits-all thing, or haven't been around much to not know how evap coolers work.
> 
> I posted it because I'd never seen anyone build an evap cooler so simply. And instead of writing,
> 
> "Assuming that one needs a way to cool something down, like a couple bottle of wine, doesn't have an ice chest or refrigerator, but does have two terra-cotta flower pots, some sand, some water, and a towel."
> 
> I guess I should-a wrote,
> 
> "Assuming that one needs a way to cool something down, like a couple bottle of wine, doesn't have an ice chest or refrigerator, but does have two terra-cotta flower pots, some sand, some water, a towel, AND IT'S A DRY AND HOT DAY."
> 
> But I thought that was self-evident.