A man threw away 80 thousand bottles of luxury wine for 2.5 million euros (video)

An unknown attacker entered the territory of Spanish winery Cepa 21 in the Ribera del Duero region of central Spain and opened the taps on its massive wine tanks. As a result, approximately 60 thousand liters of the elite drink worth 2.5 million euros were spilled into the sewer. This incident was reported by Barron’s.

The published surveillance video shows an unidentified hooded man running from one tank to another and opening the valves. According to the winery’s calculations, the volume of filtered wine can reach up to 80 thousand bottles.

According to business manager Jose Moro, the attacker clearly knew how the system worked and how to open the tanks.

Moreau said, “This is an act of destruction committed just for fun by an incompetent person motivated by hatred. Everything shows that he knows his way around the area.” said.

The police opened a criminal case against the winery for allegedly causing serious material damage. Law enforcement is reviewing security camera footage for any clues to the identity and intent of the attacker, as nothing was lost from the business’s grounds during the break-in.

Cepa 21’s employees and owners are amazed by what they see. The drink has been aged in barrels for more than a year and can no longer be reproduced or restored, so the company’s losses are huge.

Let’s remember this before Focus He wrote about a UK resident who found an incredible discovery in his basement: a 40-year-old bottle of Lucozade energy drink. According to the man, the design of the glass bottle with a red label and royal seal clearly indicates that the drink was made at least several decades ago.

We also reported that wine worth more than 1.5 million euros went missing from the famous restaurant La Tour d’Argent in Paris. We are talking about alcoholic Romanée Conti, one of the most expensive wines in the world. A bottle of this drink, made in 1945, was sold for 482 thousand euros in 2018.