The Aporia
The Aporia
Seven masked men stole approximately 30,000 bottles of wine worth about €5 million (£4.2 million) from Marchesi Antinori’s storage facility in Tuscany, Italy, on a Saturday night. The theft was discovered when staff arrived for work on Monday morning. Among the stolen items were rare wines such as Solaia, Guado al Tasso, and Tignanello, with prices ranging between €120 and €400 per bottle. Renzo Cotarella, CEO of Marchesi Antinori, stated this is the largest theft in Italian history involving wine. The thieves disabled alarms and surveillance cameras before using company forklifts to load two trucks. The company has alerted customers worldwide to be wary of suspicious sales offers following the heist. This incident marks a trend shift in Italy from smaller-scale thefts targeting restaurants or private cellars to large-scale raids on winery stocks, as evidenced by another significant theft at Banfi winery in July.
