After more than 300 years, Newton’s law of gravitation is still palpable at a revolutionary Cambridge distillery.
On a warm January afternoon, I pedalled down cobblestone streets in Cambridge, England, to a path along the River Cam towards the village of Grantchester. Passing wooden punts in the river, through the weeping willow-fringed Grantchester Meadows, a setting that's inspired many an artist, includingthe world's most innovative distillery
Named after its namesake English hometown, Cambridge Distillery was founded by William and Lucy Lowe in 2012. The company has since grown from the UK's smallest distillery to one of the largest dedicated vacuum gin distilleries in the world.Master of Wine He also developed a unique distillation matrix that considers nine variables to customise the treatment for each bottle, which is why the distillery looks like a lab. "It's an incredibly high technological level of intervention in order to preserve that natural and unique combination of flavours, which naturally exist in a meadow," said William."smashes the kitchen ceiling" by changing the way the world thinks about food, through the past, present and future.
The tree at Woolthorpe flowers in mid- to late-May, and apples are ripe from October. While visitors aren't allowed to pick them, they can take the windfalls. On occasion, the gift shop sells them for 50p each. But don't get too excited. "A lot of people buy them to try and grow their own Newton's apple tree from the seed," said Michalak. But "the way cross pollination works, that apple seed could be any type of apple that grows.
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