RUSSELL CROWE THROWS ANOTHER TANTRUM

Russell Crowe threw a tantrum in a top London restaurant because his $6500.00 bottle of wine was corked. The 'Gladiator' star was dining at Marco Pierre White's exclusive eatery Mirabelle when he sent back the wine, but the waiter stood up to him, insisting it was the actors palate that was at fault. Crowe, 42, told BANG Showbiz: "I wanted to do something special so I ordered a bottle of Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1964, bottled the year I was born."It is an Australian wine that I have had a lot of experience with so when it was opened and brought to the table I could smell from two feet away that it had been corked, it had gone off."I let it breathe but when I took a sip I got a mouthful of mold."The sommelier spent about 45 minutes trying to convince us that it was the chestnut undertones and the wafts of blackberry."I just turned round and went, 'Mate. It's off.'"He refused to accept it was corked but eventually he did replace it. Very nice it was too."A spokesman for Mirabelle has not denied the incident, saying: "We are glad Russell was eventually satisfied."