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Businessman's bar bill hits £105,805
By Richard Alleyne
Last Updated: 2:25am BST 26/07/2007
The businessman's night out with friends started quietly enough with a £25 bottle of wine. It ended a few hours later with a bar bill for £105,805.
The businessman and his circle of friends consumed £80,000 worth of champagne
In between, the businessman and his circle of friends, which had swelled by closing time, had polished off 80 bottles of champagne, including a six-litre methuselah of Cristal worth £30,000 and a £9,600, three-litre jeroboam.
The bill for champagne alone came to more than £80,000. One bottle of vodka cost £1,400.
The celebration took place at Crystal in Marylebone, central London, a nightclub launched with the help of Prince William and Prince Harry's friend Jacobi Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe.
A favourite with the horsey set, its founding members include Lady Victoria Hervey and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson.
Fraser Donaldson, a spokesman for the club, said: "I have been in the nightclub business for 20 years and this is an all-time record."
The spending spree began when the businessman, who is believed to be based in Dubai, arrived on Saturday night with about 18 friends.
He started by ordering a £25 bottle of Pinot Grigio but before long he told club staff: "I want the drinks to be flowing all night."
Along with some cheaper drinks, the revellers consumed: one methuselah of Cristal (£30,000); two jeroboams of Cristal (£9,600), 36 bottles of Cristal (£12,960); six magnums of Dom Perignon (£4,200); 12 bottles of Dom Perignon Rose (£4,200); 15 bottles of Dom Perignon 1999 (£3,600), three magnums of Dom Perignon 1995 (£2,700) and four bottles of Cristal Rose (£2,400).
The drinkers drifted away at 5am but not before a nightcap of vodka, a Belvedere Methuselah, the equivalent of eight bottles.
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By Richard Alleyne
Last Updated: 2:25am BST 26/07/2007
The businessman's night out with friends started quietly enough with a £25 bottle of wine. It ended a few hours later with a bar bill for £105,805.
The businessman and his circle of friends consumed £80,000 worth of champagne
In between, the businessman and his circle of friends, which had swelled by closing time, had polished off 80 bottles of champagne, including a six-litre methuselah of Cristal worth £30,000 and a £9,600, three-litre jeroboam.
The bill for champagne alone came to more than £80,000. One bottle of vodka cost £1,400.
The celebration took place at Crystal in Marylebone, central London, a nightclub launched with the help of Prince William and Prince Harry's friend Jacobi Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe.
A favourite with the horsey set, its founding members include Lady Victoria Hervey and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson.
Fraser Donaldson, a spokesman for the club, said: "I have been in the nightclub business for 20 years and this is an all-time record."
The spending spree began when the businessman, who is believed to be based in Dubai, arrived on Saturday night with about 18 friends.
He started by ordering a £25 bottle of Pinot Grigio but before long he told club staff: "I want the drinks to be flowing all night."
Along with some cheaper drinks, the revellers consumed: one methuselah of Cristal (£30,000); two jeroboams of Cristal (£9,600), 36 bottles of Cristal (£12,960); six magnums of Dom Perignon (£4,200); 12 bottles of Dom Perignon Rose (£4,200); 15 bottles of Dom Perignon 1999 (£3,600), three magnums of Dom Perignon 1995 (£2,700) and four bottles of Cristal Rose (£2,400).
The drinkers drifted away at 5am but not before a nightcap of vodka, a Belvedere Methuselah, the equivalent of eight bottles.
http://tinyurl.com/ywof2s
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