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At least seven masked bandits made off with about 30,000 bottles of wine worth an estimated $5.8 million from Marchesi Antinori, one of Italy\u2019s oldest family-owned wineries, according to the BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n The vino villains broke into the company\u2019s storage facility near Cortona, disabled the alarms and cameras, then used Antinori\u2019s own forklifts to load two large trucks. The robbery included about 10,000 bottles of Solaia along with Tignanello and Guado al Tasso, all from the 2023 vintage and typically priced between $167 and $558 each. The company believes the selective picks point to wine experts with inside knowledge.<\/p>\n CEO Renzo Cotarella claims this is the biggest wine theft in Italian history. But he\u2019s confident the thieves will be caught red-wine handed. \u201cTwo trucks full of merchandise can\u2019t just disappear into thin air,\u201d he told the Financial Times<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t know how they can sell all this wine around the world without being seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n At least seven masked bandits made off with about 30,000 bottles of wine worth an estimated $5.8 million from Marchesi Antinori, one of Italy\u2019s oldest family-owned wineries, according to the BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n The vino villains broke into the company\u2019s storage facility near Cortona, disabled the alarms and cameras, then used Antinori\u2019s own forklifts to load two large trucks. The robbery included about 10,000 bottles of Solaia along with Tignanello and Guado al Tasso, all from the 2023 vintage and typically priced between $167 and $558 each. The company believes the selective picks point to wine experts with inside knowledge.<\/p>\n CEO Renzo Cotarella claims this is the biggest wine theft in Italian history. But he\u2019s confident the thieves will be caught red-wine handed. \u201cTwo trucks full of merchandise can\u2019t just disappear into thin air,\u201d he told the Financial Times<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t know how they can sell all this wine around the world without being seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n