(NJ) - Lots of people enjoy wine with dinner.

Few enjoy seeing the bill.

Joe Lentini, after a business dinner at Bobby Flay Steak at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, experienced sticker shock.

Dear readers, let's see Lentini's experience as a cautionary tale: make sure you know what you're ordering.

Lentini said he isn't a big drinker and he'll maybe drink a glass of wine once a month.

"I don't know much about wine at all," the Hazlet man said.

A week ago, he and two others of his party of 10 decided to share a bottle of wine, he said.

The host of the dinner -- the guy who would be paying the bill -- told Lentini to pick a bottle, Lentini said.

"I asked the waitress if she could recommend something decent because I don't have experience with wine," Lentini said. "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 drinkers at the table agreed to the price and they ordered, Lentini said.

Soon, the sommelier -- the wine steward -- presented the corked bottle at the table. Lentini said he was having conversation with his companions and didn't really pay attention, but he approved of the bottle.

A taste of the wine was served for him to sample. He approved, he said, and the bottle was placed on the table.

"It was okay. It was good," Lentini said of the wine. "It wasn't great. It wasn't terrible. It was fine."

When dinner was over, the check was handed to the host, who was sitting opposite Lentini at the round table, Lentini said.

"[The host] was sitting across from me and he handed the bill to person next to him, who handed it to the next person until it got to me," he said. "I showed the gentleman next to me and we were shocked. We couldn't believe it."

The total bill was $4,700.61, including tax. The bottle of wine, Screaming Eagle, Oakville 2011 -- cost $3,750.