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After the tweet went viral on Thursday, with over 8,000 retweets and 50,000 likes, the restaurant posted a follow-up message addressing the bottles in question.

\"The look pretty similar OK!?\" they posted, although it has to be said that for the wine lovers at ABC News, the difference is fairly obvious.

THEY LOOK PRETTY SIMILAR OK?! 😉 pic.twitter.com/JWFW81cbe8

— Hawksmoor Manchester (@HawksmoorMCR) May 16, 2019

Social media users were quick to praise the restaurant's \"excellent\" handling of the situation.

Excellent handing of an unfortunate (or fortunate for that lucky customer) situation. I'm really impressed by this refreshing attitude towards simple human error. I also hope the member got a generous tip!

— Rera (@ReraPops) May 16, 2019

While others shared their own similar experiences at work.

Not quite on the same scale but the same thing happened to one of my staff once... best thing was the guest brought it back and complained that it was wrong after one glass! We then decided it was a good opportunity to taste a rare wine as a team! 😉

— Jack Salter (@JackBSalter) May 16, 2019

I once by accident released a £90k payment for work that hadn't been delivered. I was sure I was going to get a formal warning, but my PM was like, \"how about you develop a series of steps so this doesn't happen again.\"

— YourFavBlackAuntie (@greendoondoon) May 16, 2019

Although one discerning user believed that the mistake was all a \"marketing\" ploy.

It's marketing at its finest..

— Sam Hopperton (@SamHopperton) May 16, 2019

Even so, it looks like the gaffe could bring in some extra business for the restaurant, as the broadcaster Piers Morgan joked that he would be reserving a table, \"with the same waiter please.\"

I'd like to reserve a table for tonight, with the same waiter please. https://t.co/DPolMdiCOS

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 16, 2019

In an interview with The Washington Post, co-owner Will Beckett said that it was an \"expensive mistake\" but was pleased to run a restaurant with such a forgiving atmosphere. He added that although his staffer was horrified at her mistake, he continues to rib her with \"the most gentle teasing.\"

\"When they told me about it,\" he told the Post in a phone interview, \"I thought, 'Oooh, that is an expensive mistake.' At the same time, I thought it's the same kind of I'm-not-concentrating thing I would do. It's just an unfortunate human error.\"

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