What happened
About 30,000 bottles of premium wine were stolen from a Marchesi Antinori facility near Cortona, Tuscany, in a haul estimated at €5 million (about £4.2 million). Reports describe at least seven people, two trucks, disabled alarms and cameras, and the use of company forklifts. Italian police and Carabinieri are investigating.
The reported haul includes Solaia, Tignanello and Guado al Tasso from the 2023 vintage. Antinori is warning customers worldwide about offers outside official sales channels. The producer describes the theft as unprecedented in Italy; this is an attributed assessment.
The exact weekend night differs between reports. Discovery was reported on Monday; the story became public on Friday, October 9. A possible link to other winery thefts was raised by the chief executive, not established as a police finding. No confirmed arrest or recovery announcement was identified in the sources reviewed. Updates may change the picture.
The visuals are clearly labeled archival or illustrative. No footage of the robbery is presented. The archival bottle shown is 1996 Tignanello, not one of the missing bottles.
Every statement is attributed to the cited reporting. Visuals marked “file photo” or “illustrative” do not depict the events described unless stated.