I had a happy half hour this morning being shown the inner sanctum of Berry Bros., including its eighteenth-century parlour, the scales which weighed Lord Byron, its earliest bottle of tokaji and the cellars under the street.
This is the page which recorded Byron’s weight:-
These are the registers of weights:-
The cellars:-
Some early wine labels:-
And some cork screws:-
| Charles | Saumarez | Smith | 
Delightful ! What did Byron drink ?
I used to be a customer of the BB, regularly ordering the wines, alongside with Adnams and the Wine Society. I remember the time when I was interviewed for my PhD at the room of the Institute of Historical Research by Professors Eric Hobsbawm and Tony Sutcliffe in 1982, I had been to the BB to purchase several bottles of their champaign to cerebrate the success of the viva later on. The viva was successful, and I had a very nice drinking session in the evening with my friends.
A lovely story ! Charles
What did you buy?
Nothing ! But I am a regular customer on other occasions. Charles