Thieves Steal 30,000 Bottles Worth €5 Million From Tuscan Winery
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Thieves stole about 30,000 bottles of wine valued at €5 million (£4.2 million) from a Marchesi Antinori storage facility in Tuscany, in what the winery’s chief executive described as Italy’s largest theft of its kind.
At least seven masked people are believed to have entered the facility in Cortona on Saturday after disabling its alarms and surveillance cameras. They used company forklifts to load two large trucks before escaping, according to reports by the BBC and the Guardian. Employees discovered the theft when they arrived for work on Monday morning.
The stolen wines included prized Tuscan reds such as Tignanello, Solaia and Guado al Tasso. The Guardian reported that all the bottles were from the 2023 vintage and that the haul also included about 3,000 bottles of Barolo Ginestra, some in magnum sizes. The winery was preparing a major shipment for overseas customers when the theft occurred.
Chief executive Renzo Cotarella said the gang appeared highly prepared and expressed hope that road cameras would help investigators trace the trucks and recover some of the wine. The company has warned customers to be cautious about bottles offered outside its official sales channels.
No arrests have been reported. Marchesi Antinori, a family-owned producer founded in 1385, exports wine to 170 countries.
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