Episode 10: IAN RANKIN
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Episode 10: IAN RANKIN - summary
Olly met Ian in Edinburgh to discuss wine, fiction, Edinburgh, whisky, beer, pubs and much more - it's a wonderful booze-infused chat that is stuffed full of interesting anecdotes.
Episode 10: IAN RANKIN - timeline
00:04 - This series of A Glass With is brought to you by Côtes du Rhône wines
02:11 - Ian Rankin brings two bottle of wine, both from Château Brandeau. The 2011 vintage costs approximately £11 per bottle.
02:16 - 1982 was a top-quality vintage in Bordeaux
02:23 - 'ullage' is a term used to describe the level of liquid in a wine bottle
02:44 - a 'cave cooperative' is a collective winery owned by a group of grape growers
03:13 - the photos that Ian shows Olly are all reproduced here:
03:42 - Ian studied English at Edinburgh University
05:00 - pompage is French for pumping, which is used to move wine between tanks, barrels and bottles
05:15 - vendange is French for harvest
06:49 - Olly refers to Bacchus and Ariadne, by Titian
07:57 - Inspector Rebus is Ian Rankin's most famous fictional character
08:22 - Valpolicella and Lambrusco are Italian red wines, which are normally inexpensive
08:29 - Blue Nun is a German wine brand that was very popular in the 1980s
10:24 - the Cameo Picturehouse is a cinema in Edinburgh, where Olly used to work
10:56 - Knee Deep In Claret was published in 1994
11:03 - In Bordeaux, négociants are middleman who sell wine between châteaux and wholesalers
11:39 - Gillespies is a type of stout, formerly brewed in Scotland
12:24 - Alexander McCall Smith is another Scottish author, who lives on the same street as Ian
12:55 - Will Lyons is a British wine writer and fine advisor for London wine merchant Berry Bros & Rudd
13:38 - Tales Of The Unexpected is a collection of short stories written by Roald Dahl, which were turned into a television series with a well-known theme tune
14:57 - some of the drinks Ian first encountered were Warnink's Advocaat, Bells, Glayva and Southern Comfort
15:27 - one of Olly's earliest drinks was Malibu and pineapple
16:16 - Ian and his wife moved to the Dordogne region of France.
16:26 - Cahors is a famous red wine of the southwest of France
16:31 - Corbières and Minervois are also wine regions in southwest France
16:46 - Caesar's Vast Ghost is a book written by Gerard Durrell
18:52 - The Oxford Bar is the pub where Ian's fictional detective Inspector Rebus drinks
19:11 - Ian has an Edinburgh app and has endorsed several Rebus-themed walking tours
22:16 - Cromarty is a town in the north of Scotland
22:38 - Ian's favourite beer in Cromarty is Happy Chappy
23:03 - Rather Be The Devil is Ian's latest book
23:58 - some of Ian's favourite albums to write to and Music for Airports by Brian Eno and Ricochet by Tangerine Dream
25:37 - Waverley station is the main train terminus in Edinburgh
25:48 - The Scott Monument is a tribute to Sir Walter Scott - the largest tribute to an author in the world
25:57 - The Writers Museum is dedicated to Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson
26:10 - J K Rowling wrote the Harry Potter books at The Elephant House café
26:15 - T2 Trainspotting was released in January 2017
26:23 - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a novel written by Muriel Spark
26:56 - Rebus30 is a whisky made by Highland Park in collaboration with Ian
28:57 - Ian supports the Royal Blind School in Edinburgh, as well as Disability Snowsport
32:36 - Tennent's is a brand of Scottish lager
34:46 - Olly gives Ian a bottle of Côte-Rôtie 2011 by François et Fils. The average price is £28 per bottle.
Episode 10: IAN RANKIN - production notes
Recorded on 3 May 2017 at Hotel du Vin in Edinburgh
Hosted by Olly Smith
Produced and edited by Richard Hemming MW
Mastered by David Thomas
Hardware list: 2 x AT-2020 condenser microphones with pop shields, Zoom H6 digital recorder, ATH-M20X headphones
Software list: Audacity 2.1.3, Garageband 10.1.6