#Wine Drinker Accidentally Orders $3,750 Bottle Of Wine Thinking It Was $37.50

According to the metro, a novice wine-drinker was slapped with a hefty bill after he ordered a $3,750 bottle – thinking ‘thirty-seven fifty’ meant $37.50.

Occasional drinker Joe Lentini was with nine other guests at a business dinner in Atlantic City when he and two colleagues decided to share some wine. And after a brief chat with the waitress, Mr Lentini made his selection, having no idea the bottle of Screaming Eagle, Oakville 2011 he’d just ordered cost $3,750 (£2,350) – not $37.50.

‘I asked the waitress if she could recommend something decent because I don’t have experience with wine,’ he told NJ.com '‘She pointed to a bottle on the menu. I didn’t have my glasses. I asked how much and she said,  “Thirty-seven fifty.”‘

The bill came to $4,700.61 (£2,965), including tax and despite a considerable reduction in price following Mr Lentini’s protests, the businessman was still left with a sizeable $2,200 (£1,388) to pay. Colled from metro