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Thieves steal 30,000 wine bottles worth €5m in Italy, reports say

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BBC News · collected 2026-10-09 · by Parul Gupta

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Thieves stole 30,000 bottles of high-value Italian wine from Marchesi Antinori’s storage facility in Tuscany on a Saturday night, with the loot valued at about €5 million (£4.2 million). At least seven masked individuals are believed to have deactivated security systems and used company equipment to load two trucks. Renzo Cotarella, CEO of Marchesi Antinori, said this is likely the largest wine theft in Italy’s history, expressing hope that authorities can trace the stolen merchandise due to surveillance cameras on roads.
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On October 9, thieves stole about 30,000 bottles worth approximately €5 million ($5.8 million) from Marchesi Antinori’s storage facility in Tuscany, Italy, making it the largest wine theft on record there. At least seven masked individuals deactivated alarms and disabled cameras before using company forklifts to load two trucks with prized wines like Solaia, Tignanello, and Guado al Tasso. The theft occurred over a weekend when staff were not present; it was discovered Monday morning but only reported Friday to avoid hindering the investigation. CEO Renzo Cotarella expressed hope that authorities would trace the stolen wine due to extensive road surveillance cameras in Tuscany. This incident follows other recent high-value wine heists, highlighting an increasing trend of such crimes targeting large quantities directly from wineries rather than smaller establishments or private cellars.

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Topics

Italian Italy Marchesi Antinori Tuscan Tuscany

Subjects

Italy GPE · 4× Italian NORP · 2× Marchesi Antinori PERSON · 2× Tuscan NORP · 2× Corriere della Sera ORG · 1× Piedmont GPE · 1× Renzo Cotarella PERSON · 1× Tuscany GPE · 1× the Financial Times ORG · 1×

Narrative

At least seven masked men are believed to have deactivated the alarms, disabled the cameras and used company forklifts to load two large trucks of the company's prized Tignanello, Solaia and Guado al Tasso Tuscan reds.
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🔮 He added that he was hopeful the authorities would be able to trace the stolen wine.
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Thieves steal 30,000 wine bottles worth €5m in Italy, reports say · assertive framing

Claims (15 extracted, 2 hedged)

- Published Thieves have stolen 30,000 bottles of wine collectively worth about €5m (£4.2m) from a prestigious Italian winery, Italian media reports. asserted
media → publish → winery
Marchesi Antinori, one of Italy's biggest family-owned wineries, said the theft at its storage facility in Tuscany took place on Saturday as the company was preparing to ship a consignment to customers abroad. asserted
company → own → customers
At least seven masked men are believed to have deactivated the alarms, disabled the cameras and used company forklifts to load two large trucks of the company's prized Tignanello, Solaia and Guado al Tasso Tuscan reds. asserted
men → believe → Tignanello
Renzo Cotarella, the chief executive, told Corriere della Sera this was the largest theft of its kind in Italy. asserted
this → tell → Italy
"A theft of this scale and value has certainly never occurred in Italy," he said. asserted
he → occur → Italy
He added that he was hopeful the authorities would be able to trace the stolen wine. asserted
authorities → add → wine
"Two trucks full of merchandise can't just disappear into thin air. asserted
trucks → disappear → air
The Tuscan roads are full of cameras; perhaps with a bit of luck we'll be able to recover at least some of the bottles stolen from us." asserted
we → recover → us
He told the Financial Times: "These wines have a great value and I don't know how they can sell all this wine around the world without being seen." asserted
they → tell → world
The company believes the selection of bottles, which usually sell for between €150 and €500 each, suggests the thieves were wine connoisseurs and had inside knowledge. uncertain
thieves → believe → knowledge
The theft was only discovered on Monday morning as staff arrived on site. asserted
staff → discover → site
No arrests have been made. asserted
arrests → make → ?
Marchesi Antinori was founded in 1385 and exports to 170 countries. asserted
Antinori → found → countries
It had a revenue of €263m (£223m) last year. asserted
It → have → 263
There has been a spate of wine thefts in Italy this year, including two in the northern Piedmont region where hundreds of thousands of euros worth of bottles were reportedly taken. uncertain
worth → include → bottles
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