30,000 bottles of wine stolen from prestigious maker, costing 900 million yen - Italy

[Paris Current Affairs] Police are investigating the theft of approximately 30,000 bottles of wine from a winemaker's facility in Cortona, central Italy. Local media reported this on the 9th. Most of the items were high-end wines that cost tens of thousands of yen each, and the total damage was estimated at approximately 5 million euros (approximately 900 million yen).

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The company that was stolen was Marchesi Antinori, one of Italy's most prestigious companies founded in 1385. Around the 3rd or 4th of this month, a group of seven masked men entered the premises in two large trucks, loaded items such as the popular brand ``Solaia'' awaiting shipment overseas, and fled. When the employee came to work on the 5th, he noticed something unusual.

Wine thefts are occurring one after another in Italy. The company's CEO, Renzo Cotarella, described the group as ``a well-prepared group of thieves. They may be the same group that has robbed other wineries.''