Low humidity resorts?

"a.spencer3" schrieb:
>
> We like heat but hate humidity.
> Obviously, one can get weather data per resort fairly easily, including
> humidity.
> But is there a specific website listing low humidity resorts anywhere?

Desert or close-to-desert resorts with relatively cold water if coastal
resort needed should meet your wishes.

What are your planned activities?

There should be rainfall-per-year maps.

Regards, ULF

Wolfgang Schwanke <REMOVE.usenet20030501@wschwanke.de> wrote in message
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> The south. Summers are only hot&humid in northern Europe. In southern
> Europe they're hot&dry.
>

Well, some places in the Med have been amongst the most humid we've
experienced!

Surreyman

Ulf Kutzner <kutzu000@mail.zdv.uni-mainz.de> wrote in message
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> Desert or close-to-desert resorts with relatively cold water if coastal
> resort needed should meet your wishes.

Yep, you're right. We know most N. African & M/E desert areas well.
Just looking for an easier crib elsewhere!

Surreyman

On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 11:11:17 +0100, "a.spencer3"
<a.spencer3@ntlworld.com> wrote:

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>Ulf Kutzner <kutzu000@mail.zdv.uni-mainz.de> wrote in message
>news:3F32AE16.BC3C8CE1@mail.zdv.uni-mainz.de...
>>
>> Desert or close-to-desert resorts with relatively cold water if coastal
>> resort needed should meet your wishes.
>
>Yep, you're right. We know most N. African & M/E desert areas well.
>Just looking for an easier crib elsewhere!
>
>Surreyman

I'm following this thread with interest, as I'm particularly
vulnerable to high humidity (being diabetic).

Whilst there are never any guarantees, I generally find Alpine areas
to be fresh and healthy - and even if it gets unpleasant "on the
plains" as it were, there's always the cool of the mountains to escape
to.

Germany certainly designates some places as "Luftkurorte" where the
air quality is regarded as good - might be worth doing a search and
seeing what comes up.

David Horne <i_will_almost_never_read_thism> wrote in message
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> a.spencer3 <a.spencer3@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
> > Wolfgang Schwanke <REMOVE.usenet20030501@wschwanke.de> wrote in message
> > news:e0ovgb.8p.ln@wschwanke.de...
> > > The south. Summers are only hot&humid in northern Europe. In southern
> > > Europe they're hot&dry.
> > >
> >
> > Well, some places in the Med have been amongst the most humid we've
> > experienced!
>
> Where, out of interest? The Greek Islands that I've visited have all
> felt quite dry- not at all oppressive. Likewise, the costa del sol is
> fairly dry. Italy, likewise.
>
Worst was probably southern Turkey, plus Cyprus and Malta.

Surreyman

On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 13:38:12 +0100, "a.spencer3"
<a.spencer3@ntlworld.com> wrote:

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>David Horne <i_will_almost_never_read_thism> wrote in message
>news:1fzdibk.1xil2vd1w0d5czN%i_will_almost_never_ read_thism...
>> a.spencer3 <a.spencer3@ntlworld.com> wrote:
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>> > Wolfgang Schwanke <REMOVE.usenet20030501@wschwanke.de> wrote in message
>> > news:e0ovgb.8p.ln@wschwanke.de...
>> > > The south. Summers are only hot&humid in northern Europe. In southern
>> > > Europe they're hot&dry.
>> > >
>> >
>> > Well, some places in the Med have been amongst the most humid we've
>> > experienced!
>>
>> Where, out of interest? The Greek Islands that I've visited have all
>> felt quite dry- not at all oppressive. Likewise, the costa del sol is
>> fairly dry. Italy, likewise.
>>
>Worst was probably southern Turkey, plus Cyprus and Malta.
>
Had an awful August in the Valencia/Alicante region - 40° C and
extremely high humidity. Moved to Andalucia, and although just as hot
the lack of humidity made things much more pleasant.

"a.spencer3" <a.spencer3@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> David Horne <i_will_almost_never_read_thism> wrote in message
> news:1fzdibk.1xil2vd1w0d5czN%i_will_almost_never_r ead_thism...
> > a.spencer3 <a.spencer3@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Wolfgang Schwanke <REMOVE.usenet20030501@wschwanke.de> wrote in
message
> > > news:e0ovgb.8p.ln@wschwanke.de...
> > > > The south. Summers are only hot&humid in northern Europe. In
southern
> > > > Europe they're hot&dry.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Well, some places in the Med have been amongst the most humid we've
> > > experienced!
> >
> > Where, out of interest? The Greek Islands that I've visited have all
> > felt quite dry- not at all oppressive. Likewise, the costa del sol is
> > fairly dry. Italy, likewise.
> >
> Worst was probably southern Turkey, plus Cyprus and Malta.
>

Venice can be horrendous in mid summer, all that water
keeps the humidity sky high

Keith

>FWIW, I believe that there has been research done at UC Davis that concluded
that the aging of wine involves both aerobic and anaerobic processes, implying
that some amount of oxygen is essential for proper aging.

Mark,

Not being a chemist, I admit to being quite confused by this whole discussion.
Are you saying there is very little oxygen in the small air space in the neck
of the bottle, after bottling? Or are you saying that the sulfur quickly binds
with this oxygen, or any dissolved with the liquid (so that any aerobic
reactions must be accounted for by leaking corks)?

Thanks for translating this for the lay reader.

Tom Schellberg

Michael, my main concern with the new non cork closures is this issue with
air. If air plays a roll in the aging of wine with cork products, isn't
this a limitation of the new stelvins and other non cork closures?

Will this affect aging. I agree that TCA is an issue but will the solution
be worse than the problem?

"Michael Pronay" <me@> wrote in message
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> Steve Slatcher <steve.slatcher@pobox.com> wrote:
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> >>> But here's another (non-rhetorical) question.... what is the
> >>> mechanism for the reduction of the volume of wine (increased
> >>> ullage) over the years?
>
> >>Seepage. But I guess you knew that ... ;-)
>
> > Honestly, no. Not with certainlty.
> >
> > I can't be sure, but I think I have noticed low levels of red
> > wine, without obvious signs of seepage around the top of the
> > cork. Wondered if it was related to some chemical process.
>
> Whether chemical or physical I don't know, but what happens here
> is evaporation.
>
> > But if it is wine getting out, why cannot air get in?
>
> Air gets in.
>
> > Besides, if the pressure is mainained in the gap, something
> > would need to fill it. I believe this is an arguiment that has
> > been used for porosity in cork contributing to the aging
> > process.
>
> True.
>
> > Of course the pressure in the gap might simply reduce, or a gas
> > may be generated from within the wine? Has the research been
> > done?
>
> No gas from the wine has ever been mentioned (except for ullaged
> bottles of sparkling wines, of course).
>
> > (I am not trying to argue from any particular standpoint here,
> > just trying to establish some facts.)
>
> No problem.
>
> M.

Michael Pronay <me@> wrote in message news:<Xns949E745705CEgmxat@pronay.com>...
> Mark Lipton <lipton@purdue.edu> wrote:
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> > The sulfites added at bottling time will rapidly consume any
> > oxygen trapped within the bottle, so any oxidative processes
> > taking place in the year(s) subsequent to bottling strongly
> > argue for the influx of new oxygen -- through or around the
> > cork, as the case may be.
>
> So what would be the theory of wine ageing under crown or screw
> cap? (Don't tell me it doesn't age - in fact wine ages even more
> gracefully than under cork.)
>
I don't see anything in what Mark L. said that rejects the idea that
reduction has a role - even a primary role - in wine bottle ageing.
He only said that any *oxidative* processes taking place must get
oxygen from somewhere. It's tough to argue with that!

- Mark W.