In Italy, 30,000 bottles of elite wine worth €5 million were stolen

Professional thieves stole 30,000 bottles of premium wine worth about €5 million from the warehouse of the Italian winery Marchesi Antinori in Tuscany. This was reported by the Financial Times.

According to the publication, seven masked men entered a warehouse in the city of Cortona on Sunday night. The attackers turned off the alarms and removed thousands of boxes of wines Tignanello, Solaia and Guado al Tasso in two trucks. The retail value of one bottle is between €150 and €500.

He was found missing on Monday morning when employees arrived at work. Surveillance cameras recorded the theft, police are investigating the incident, but the suspects have not yet been detained. Founded in Florence in 1385, the winery supplies products to 170 countries.

Marchesi Antinori CEO Renzo Cotarella called on wine connoisseurs to help find the abducted man. The company also warned potential buyers about the risk of purchasing stolen bottles at suspiciously low prices or from questionable sellers. According to the Financial Times, the winery's revenue last year was about €263 million.

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