'Couple' steal 45 wines from Spanish collector including £295,000 bottle

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'Couple' steal 45 wines from Spanish collector including £295,000 bottle
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A man and a woman apparently working for a private wine collector distracted staff at an upmarket Spanish restaurant before stealing 45 bottles of wine

One of the hotel’s owners suspects an English-speaking couple who pretended to be refined guests

The rare wines, including a 215-year-old Chateau d’Yquem worth some £295,000, were taken on Wednesday morning from the upmarket hotel and restaurant Atrio in Caceres, reports say. Mr Polo believes the man slipped into the hotel’s cellar – containing more than 40,000 bottles – while staff members were distracted with serving the couple more food, leaving security camera monitors unattended.

The hotel Atrio in Caceres, southwestern Spain, had a two-Michelin-starred restaurant that the wine was stolen from

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