Business · Companies · 2 days ago
Thieves steal 30,000 bottles worth €5 million from Antinori winery
Thieves stole 30,000 bottles of wine worth about €5 million from a Marchesi Antinori storage site in Cortona, Tuscany.
The haul included the winery’s Solaia, Tignanello and Guado al Tasso wines.
Antinori said at least seven masked people disabled the alarm and used two trucks to take the bottles overnight.
Staff discovered the theft on Monday morning, and police are investigating; no arrests have been made.
The company says the stolen wines were due to be shipped to customers abroad.
Antinori is alerting customers and asking wine buyers to be wary of bottles offered through unusual channels or at tempting prices.
The winery hopes the warning will help locate the bottles and prevent their sale as stolen goods.
Italy has seen other large wine thefts in recent months, but Antinori’s says this haul is unusually large in both volume and value.
Thieves stole 30,000 bottles of wine from Marchesi Antinori’s storage site in Cortona, Tuscany.
The winery estimates the stolen wine is worth about €5 million.
The bottles included Solaia, Tignanello and Guado al Tasso wines.
The theft was discovered on Monday morning, and police are investigating.
Antinori is alerting customers to watch for offers from unofficial sources.
- Who
- At least seven thieves stole the wine. The winery is Marchesi Antinori.
- What
- About 30,000 bottles, worth an estimated €5 million, were stolen.
- When
- The theft happened over the weekend; reports differ on whether it was Saturday or Sunday night. It was discovered on Monday morning.
- Where
- Marchesi Antinori’s storage site in Cortona, Tuscany, Italy.
- Why
- The motive is not stated. The winery is warning buyers because the stolen bottles may be offered for sale.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
We still hope to find the wine... two trucks cannot simply disappear
These wines have great value and I don't understand how they can sell them around the world without being seen
We are informing our customers around the world
Thieves entered the Cortona storage site and took the bottles in two trucks; reports differ on whether this happened on Saturday or Sunday night.
Employees discovered that the wine was missing.
Antinori began alerting customers to offers from unofficial sources, while police investigated.
- Stolen bottles
- 30,000
- Estimated value
- About €5 million
- Storage site
- Cortona, Tuscany
- Named wines
- Solaia, Tignanello and Guado al Tasso
- Number of thieves
- At least seven according to ANSA; seven according to Expansión
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