Masked Robbers Steal Wine Worth over $5m From Top Italian Vineyard
At least seven masked thieves used forklifts and disabled security systems to load two trucks with prized Tuscan reds worth about €5 million, the company said.
- On Saturday, at least seven masked thieves stole 30,000 bottles of wine worth about €5m from a Marchesi Antinori storage facility in Tuscany, using company forklifts to load two trucks after disabling alarms and cameras.
- Company executives believe the perpetrators possessed specialized inside knowledge, as the targeted selection of prized Tuscan reds—each worth €150 to €500—suggests professional connoisseurs rather than opportunistic criminals.
- This incident follows a series of wine thefts across Italy this year, including two in the northern Piedmont region where hundreds of thousands of euros worth of bottles were reportedly taken.
- Chief Executive Renzo Cotarella called it the largest such theft in Italy, telling Corriere della Sera that "trucks full of merchandise can't just disappear into thin air" given extensive Tuscan road camera coverage.
- Shipments circulating to 170 countries now face escalating security challenges as organized theft rings target high-value assets, forcing premium producers to reevaluate logistical protections and international supply-chain vulnerabilities.
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Italian winery sees red
At least seven masked men deactivated alarms and cameras at the Antinori winery before using the company’s forklifts to fill two trucks with crates of the winery’s reds. The thieves deliberately targeted higher-end bottles worth between €150 and €500 each, leading Antinori to suggest that they may have had insider knowledge of the winery. Antinori hopes to have the bottles returned, warning customers to buy only directly from the source. This is…
The largest robbery of wineries - in Italy, 30 thousand bottles of wine were stolen. 30 thousand bottles of wines of the 2023 harvest were taken from the Marchesi <p>Antinori warehouse. Police suspect a professional criminal group.</p>
They disabled the security and took away prestigious Italian wines in two trucks.
It is believed to be one of the biggest wine thefts in Italian history.
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