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On October 9, Marchesi Antinori reported that approximately 30,000 bottles of premium wine worth around €5 million ($5.8 million) were stolen from their warehouse in Cortona, Italy. The theft involved highly sought-after labels such as Solaia, Tignanello, and Guado al Tasso, with some rare vintages retailing for thousands of euros per bottle. Surveillance footage showed seven masked men disabling the alarm system before loading the wine onto two trucks. Antinori is alerting customers worldwide to be cautious of unauthorized sales offers while hoping to recover the stolen inventory.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-09,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On Saturday, at least seven masked thieves stole 30,000 bottles of wine worth approximately €5m (£4.2m) from a Marchesi Antinori storage facility in Tuscany, Italy. The targeted wines included the highly prized Solaia, Tignanello, and Guado al Tasso Tuscan reds. The thieves disabled security systems and used company forklifts to load two trucks with the stolen wine as the winery was preparing a major shipment abroad. This incident is considered the largest theft of its kind in Italy's history. Renzo Cotarella, CEO of Marchesi Antinori, expressed hope that authorities would be able to trace the stolen wine due to extensive surveillance on Tuscan roads. This heist follows another recent high-value theft at the Banfi winery in Montalcino, signaling an increasing trend of large-scale wine thefts from Italian wineries.
Written for “Wine Theft In Italy” on 2026-10-09,
grounded in this article and the 2 other(s) covering the same event.
Tuscan winemaker Antinori sees red after $6 million theft
ROME, Oct 9 -
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Thieves stole around 30,000 bottles of premium wine worth about €5 million ($5.8 million) from a Marchesi Antinori warehouse in Tuscany, Italy's largest family-run winemaker said on Friday.
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Antinori, which dates back to 1385 and now exports to 170 countries, has alerted customers worldwide to be wary of offers outside official sales channels following last weekend's heist and is still hopeful of recovering the stolen wine.
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It said the thieves took 8,000 to 10,000 bottles of Solaia, one of Italy's most sought-after labels, as well as Tignanello and Guado al Tasso.
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The wines retail from €150, but some of the rarest vintages can fetch thousands of euros per bottle.
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The theft is the latest in a series in Italy, following another in July at the renowned Banfi winery in Montalcino.
While such crimes have traditionally involved smaller quantities or a handful of high-value bottles, from restaurants, private cellars or during distribution, recent cases have involved larger stocks held at wineries.
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Florence-based Antinori said surveillance camera footage showed seven masked men entering its storage facility in Cortona last weekend and disabling its alarm systems before loading thousands of cases of the Tuscan red wines onto two trucks.
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Antinori said the timing and execution of the theft, which was discovered on Monday morning when staff arrived at the warehouse and is now being investigated by Italian police, suggested a highly organised group was involved.
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The operation was facilitated by the fact that the wines had been prepared for a shipment to foreign distributors, allowing the thieves to remove a large quantity of high-value bottles quickly, a representative for Antinori told Reuters.
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