Thieves make off with €5m haul from prestigious Italian winery
Gang broke into cellar of Marchesi Antinori in Cortona and loaded two trucks with 30,000 bottles before getaway
TL;DR
- Thousands of bottles of wine worth €5m were stolen from the Marchesi Antinori winery in Tuscany.
- A gang of at least seven masked individuals broke into the cellar, disabling security systems.
- They used forklifts to load 30,000 bottles, including prized vintages, onto two trucks.
- The stolen wine ranges in price from €120 to €400 per bottle and is from the 2023 vintage.
- This is considered the biggest wine heist of its kind in Italy.
- The company's insurance policy does not cover robberies of such high value.
- Marchesi Antinori has warned customers to be cautious of unofficial wine offers.
- Recent months have seen several other winery thefts in Italy.