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Thieves pull off Italy’s biggest-ever wine heist, stealing 30,000 bottles worth $5.8M

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Thieves stole approximately 30,000 bottles of high-end Italian wine worth an estimated $5.8 million from Marchesi Antinori’s winery in Tuscany on Saturday night. The theft, discovered Monday and made public Friday to avoid interfering with the investigation, involved disabling security systems and using company forklifts to load two trucks with valuable wines like Solaia, Tignanello, and Guado al Tasso from the 2023 vintage. This crime is considered Italy’s largest wine theft on record, surpassing a previous high of about 2,000 bottles stolen in 2017.

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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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Thieves stole about 30,000 bottles of some of Italy’s most prized wines worth an estimated $5.8 million from a winery in Tuscany, in what the producer described Friday as the country’s largest wine theft on record. asserted

producer → steal → record

The theft targeted Marchesi Antinori’s facility near Cortona, in the province of Arezzo, where a group of at least seven thieves on Saturday night made off with bottles of some of Italy’s most sought-after wines, including Solaia, Tignanello and Guado al Tasso. asserted

group → target → Solaia

The theft was discovered Monday, but the company made it public on Friday to avoid interfering with the investigation. asserted

it → discover → investigation

Chief Executive Renzo Cotarella said the thieves disabled the winery’s alarm system and surveillance cameras before entering with two large trucks. asserted

thieves → say → trucks

Using the company’s forklifts, they loaded the vehicles with wine and fled during the night. asserted

they → use → night

“It is certainly a very well-prepared gang,” Cotarella said, adding that it may be the same group that has targeted other Italian wineries in recent months. uncertain

that → prepare → months

“A theft of this size and value has never occurred in Italy.” asserted

theft → occur → Italy

The stolen bottles were all from the 2023 vintage and are typically sold at a retail price of between 150 euros and 500 euros each. asserted

bottles → steal → 150

They included about 10,000 bottles of Solaia, one of Antinori’s flagship wines, from what Cotarella described as an exceptional year. asserted

Cotarella → include → year

The company, founded in 1385 and run by the Antinori family for 26 generations, said it was alerting customers worldwide to be wary of offers outside official sales channels. asserted

it → found → channels

“We are informing our clients around the world and asking them to pay attention to any offers outside the official channels,” Cotarella said. asserted

Cotarella → inform → channels

Authorities are investigating how the stolen wine may be sold. uncertain

wine → investigate → ?

Police and Carabinieri officers are examining surveillance footage and other evidence. asserted

Police → examine → footage

Cotarella said he remained confident investigators could trace the shipment, noting that two truckloads of wine would be difficult to move without attracting attention. uncertain

truckloads → say → attention

The theft eclipses previous high-profile wine robberies in Italy. asserted

theft → eclipse → Italy

In 2017, thieves stole about 2,000 bottles of rare wines valued at 750,000 euros from a warehouse near the Adriatic resort town of Cervia. asserted

thieves → steal → Cervia

Thieves pull off Italy’s biggest-ever wine heist, stealing 30,000 bottles worth $5.8M

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