In the middle of the night, an intruder entered a winery in central Spain and, with a few blows of his wrist, caused an unusual blow:
he emptied barrels and spoiled almost 60,000 liters of wine
.
The company valued the
loss at 2.5 million euros
, about 2.7 million dollars.
Now they are investigating whether there was sabotage.
The blow was recorded by the surveillance cameras of the Cepa 21 winery. A hooded individual is seen - a white spot in the image - who goes around the wine tanks and opens them, spilling the liquid with designation of origin on the floor. controlled Ribera del Duero.
The episode occurred on Sunday around 3:30 in the warehouse located in Castrillo de Duero, near Valladolid, the company reported.
There he opened five taps on the steel barrels,
of which three were full
,
Cadena Ser
detailed .
In total, 60,000 liters, equivalent to about 80,000 bottles
,
of several high-end red wines
were lost
, said Cepa 21, which reported the events.
The unknown person "has caused tremendous economic damage (...) but more than that" he has committed "an attack against the workers of Cepa21, against our winegrowers, who fight every year to produce the best grapes," the president said this Tuesday. of the company, José Moro, to the public television
TVE
.
Millionaire hit to a winery in Spain.
"This is doing harm for the sake of doing harm," said Moro, who described it as a "senseless and hateful" act.
"Everything indicates to us that that person knew where he was going and knew where he was," since he moved very quickly through the warehouse, added Moro, who said he had delivered a list of suspects to the Civil Guard, which is investigating the act of vandalism.
At this time, the suspect has not been identified.
The president of the company warned that the intruder moved "very fluidly," so they believe they knew the inside of the building.
With information from AFP