Thieves make off with €5m haul from prestigious Italian winery

A gang of at least seven masked individuals stole 30,000 bottles of wine, valued at €5 million, from the Marchesi Antinori winery in Cortona, Tuscany. The thieves disabled alarms and surveillance cameras before using forklifts to load two trucks with the prized wines, including Solaia, Guado al Tasso, and Tignanello from the 2023 vintage. The heist occurred on Saturday, just before a major international shipment, and was discovered on Monday morning. This is considered the largest wine theft of its kind in Italy. The winery's CEO expressed confidence in investigators recovering the wine, noting that such a large-scale, meticulously planned operation likely involved individuals with intimate knowledge of wine.

Thieves stole approximately 30,000 bottles of wine, valued at around €5 million, from the prestigious Marchesi Antinori winery in Tuscany, Italy. The heist occurred on Saturday as the winery was preparing to ship wine abroad. Reports suggest at least seven masked individuals disabled alarms and cameras before using company forklifts to load the stolen bottles, including prized Tignanello, Solaia, and Guado al Tasso Tuscan reds, onto two trucks. The winery's chief executive described it as the largest theft of its kind in Italy and expressed hope that authorities could trace the stolen wine, noting the difficulty of selling such a large quantity discreetly.