GoKawiilMasked Thieves Steal 30,000 Bottles Worth $5.8M From Antinori Winery in Italy
A gang of at least seven masked robbers broke into a Marchesi Antinori storage facility near Cortona, Italy, disabling alarms and cameras before using the company's own forklifts to load roughly 30,000 bottles onto two trucks. The haul, valued at about $5.8 million, included around 10,000 bottles of Solaia plus Tignanello and Guado al Tasso from the 2023 vintage, each normally priced between $167 and $558.
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CEO Renzo Cotarella called it the largest wine theft in Italian history, suggesting the scale and precision of the robbery mark a departure from typical cargo theft. The selective targeting of high-value labels leads the company to suspect the thieves had wine expertise or inside knowledge of the facility, though this remains unconfirmed. Cotarella's comment that two truckloads of wine can't simply vanish implies investigators expect the stolen bottles to surface eventually, possibly through resale channels that could expose the perpetrators.
- About 30,000 bottles worth an estimated $5.8 million were stolen from Antinori's facility near Cortona.
- The thieves disabled security systems and used the winery's own forklifts to load two trucks.
- The stolen vintages, including Solaia and Tignanello, suggest the robbers may have had inside knowledge, according to the company.
Source: entrepreneur.com — Jonathan Small, 2026-10-14
Published there as: “A Masked Gang Stole 30,000 Bottles of Wine Worth $5.8 Million From an Italian Winery. It’s Being Called the Biggest Vino Heist in Italy’s History.”
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