$8 million worth of premium Tuscan wine stolen in brazen overnight heist

A group of masked thieves stole about 30,000 bottles of premium wine worth ‌approximately €5 million (CAD$8 million) from a Marchesi Antinori warehouse in Tuscany, Italy’s largest family-run winemaker said on Friday. Antinori, which was founded in 1385 and exports its products to 170 ​countries, alerted customers worldwide to be wary of offers outside ​official sales channels following last weekend’s heist and is still ⁠hopeful of recovering the stolen wine, Reuters reported. 6:24 Saturday Sips: Women in wine gamechangers Story continues below advertisement The thieves made off with 8,000 ​to 10,000 bottles of Solaia, the British news agency reported, as well ​as Tignanello and Guado al Tasso. The wines retail from €150 ($240). Some of its rarest vintages can sell for thousands of euros per bottle. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story. The theft marks the second large-scale abscondment of sought-after Italian reserve this year.In July, 3,300 bottles were stolen from the Banfi winery in Montalcino. The bottles were valued at nearly €100,000, about CAD$160,000, according to the industry publicatio...