When your wine costs £4,500 (R82,000) a bottle you might want to savour every drop. But the diners who were accidentally served a British restaurant's most expensive bottle apparently didn't even notice. A group of three businessmen dining at Hawksmoor in Manchester ordered a £260 Bordeaux. But a trainee manager accidentally picked up a much pricier Bordeaux. The gaffe came to light when the diners asked for a second bottle and another member of staff noticed the mistake. The restaurant later tweeted: "To the customer who accidentally got given a bottle of Château Le Pin Pomerol 2001, which is £4,500 on our menu, last night - hope you enjoyed your evening! "To the member of staff who accidentally gave it away, chin up!" When people online questioned who would pay that much money for a bottle of wine, the steakhouse replied: "In this case quite literally no one." Dale Clovey, the restaurant manager, said: "It was a very busy night for us. The Biba conference is taking place in Manche...
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