In brief
Marchesi Antinori, one of Italy's oldest family wineries, lost 30,000 bottles worth €5m in a Saturday robbery. Seven masked men bypassed alarms, firewalled cameras, and used forklifts to load two trucks with prized reds. The thieves’ selection of high‑value bottles suggests insider knowledge and wine expertise. Authorities are combing cameras along Tuscan roads for clues, while the dispute highlights a spike in Italian wine thefts this year.
Thieves stole 30,000 bottles of wine worth about €5 million from the storeroom of Tuscany‑based Marchesi Antinori.
Seven masked individuals disabled alarms, shut cameras and loaded two trucks with prized reds such as Tignanello, Solaia and Guado al Tasso.
CEO Renzo Cotarella said it was the biggest robbery of its kind in Italy and hopes authorities will recover some of the cargo using footage from road cameras.
The victims include bottles normally sold between €150 and €500 each, hinting that the culprits were wine experts with inside knowledge.
Other Italian wineries have also been hit this year, underscoring a surge in high‑value wine thefts across the country.
