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A Tuscan winery owned by Marchesi Antinori was hit in Italy’s largest wine theft on record, with about 30,000 bottles worth €5 million stolen. The heist took place over the weekend at a facility near Cortona and involved seven thieves who disabled security systems before stealing bottles of prestigious wines like Solaia and Tignanello using forklifts to load them into trucks. Chief Executive Renzo Cotarella highlighted that this theft surpasses previous incidents, such as one in 2017 where about 2,000 bottles valued at €750,000 were stolen.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-10,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Seven masked thieves stole 30,000 bottles of premium Tuscan red wines, including Solaia, Tignanello, and Guado al Tasso, from a Marchesi Antinori storage facility near Cortona, Italy. The theft, valued at about €5 million (£4.2m), occurred on Saturday night when the thieves disabled alarms and surveillance cameras before loading two trucks with company forklifts. Chief Executive Renzo Cotarella said this was the largest wine theft in Italian history. Each bottle is worth between €120 and €500, making recovery challenging but possible given the extensive surveillance footage across Tuscan roads. The winery has warned customers worldwide to be cautious of unsolicited offers outside official sales channels.
Written for “Wine Heist Italy” on 2026-10-10,
grounded in this article and the 5 other(s) covering the same event.
A Tuscan winery has been targeted in what it described as Italy’s largest wine theft on record, after criminals stole about 30,000 bottles valued at an estimated 5 million euros ($5.8 million).
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The theft occurred on Saturday night at Marchesi Antinori’s facility near Cortona, in the province of Arezzo.
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A group of at least seven thieves escaped with bottles of some of Italy's most sought-after wines, including Solaia, Tignanello and Guado al Tasso.
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Although the theft was discovered Monday, the details were only made public by the company on Friday to avoid interfering with the investigation.
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Chief Executive Renzo Cotarella said the thieves disabled the facility's alarm system and surveillance cameras before entering with two large trucks.
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Using the company’s forklifts, they loaded the vehicles with wine and fled during the night.
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“It is certainly a very well-prepared gang,” Cotarella said, adding that it may be the same group that has targeted other Italian wineries in recent months.
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“A theft of this size and value has never occurred in Italy.”
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The stolen bottles were all from the 2023 vintage and are typically sold at a retail price of between 150 euros and 500 euros each.
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They included about 10,000 bottles of Solaia, one of Antinori’s flagship wines, from what Cotarella described as an exceptional year.
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The company, founded in 1385 and run by the Antinori family for 26 generations, said it was alerting customers worldwide to be wary of offers outside official sales channels.
“We are informing our clients around the world and asking them to pay attention to any offers outside the official channels,” Cotarella said.
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Authorities are investigating how the stolen wine may be sold.
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Police and Carabinieri officers are examining surveillance footage and other evidence.
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Cotarella said he remained confident investigators could trace the shipment, noting that two truckloads of wine would be difficult to move without attracting attention.
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The theft eclipses previous high-profile wine robberies in Italy.
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In 2017, thieves stole about 2,000 bottles of rare wines valued at 750,000 euros from a warehouse near the Adriatic resort town of Cervia.
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