“We were able to ascertain the modus operandi of the group, which was always identical, to conduct the robberies,” Col Réty told SudOuest, without providing more details. Police found hundreds of bottles of wine and tens of thousands of euros in cash, as well as stolen vehicles and weapons during the raids. Written by Chris Mercer & Sophie Kevany in Bordeaux, {"api":{"host":"https:\/\/pinot.decanter.com","authorization":"Bearer NTRmYWQ0ZjkzMGY0M2JjZjk4ZTBlZWY0MWQwYTE5N2JhNmVjYWY3MmMxNGI1YmNhZTBjODIzNjM5NDBiNzBmYw","version":"2.0"},"piano":{"sandbox":"false","aid":"6qv8OniKQO","rid":"RJXC8OC","offerId":"OFPHMJWYB8UK","offerTemplateId":"OFPHMJWYB8UK","wcTemplateId":"OTOW5EUWVZ4B"}}, {"location":"Keystone Header","subscribeText":"Subscribe Now","version":"2","menuWidgetTitle":"","myAccountLnk":"\/wine-reviews\/account","premiumLnk":"\/subscribe","menuLnks":{"2":{"text":"My Wines","href":"\/wine-reviews\/my-wines"}},"colors":{"text":"#ffffff","button":"#decc8f","link":"#ffffff"}}, New Côtes du Rhône Villages appellation granted – Nyons, Prosecco property: Stunning vineyard for sale in Italy’s north east. Prosecutors say they then sold their booty at cut prices to well-heeled wine lovers and restaurants desperate to get their hands on rare vintages.

"The body was formally identified after DNA tests to be that of Lam Kok," confirmed colonel Ghislain Rety, who heads the police department in the Gironde area.

Smith Haut Lafitte 2009 is priced at more than £150-a-bottle at several merchants, and Ornon recalls that around one pallet-worth was taken. They can be held for 96 hours before being either charged or released, said Ghislain Rety, head of the Gendarmerie in Gironde, which encompasses Bordeaux. Nicknamed ‘Casse vin’, police believe the suspects were responsible for a string of burglaries at chateaux in including Yquem, Palmer and Leoville Las Cases. ‘Many hundreds of bottles have been recovered, as well as about €12,000 in cash,’ he said, although it is thought stolen bottles have likely been mixed up with those legally obtained and these must now be sorted. ‘It is an unbearable intrusion in your private space,’ he said. A 31-year-old warehouse worker suspected of stealing more than $400,000-worth of California wine has been arrested and charged by police. Voir le profil de Ghislain RETY sur LinkedIn, le plus grand réseau professionnel mondial. There was a burglary at Chateau d’Yquem in 2013, Biden set to focus on EU at expense of ‘special relationship’, Tributes paid to 'best Bond ever' as Sir Sean Connery dies aged 90, Prime Minister orders fresh month-long national lockdown after being told NHS was facing catastrophe, Repeating these measures is the definition of insanity - and countless people will suffer, Sage believes its advice to be more like commandments written on stone. Police recovered ‘many hundreds’ of bottles, he said. The trial comes two years after gendarmes broke up a separate network of thieves who had stolen some 500 bottles worth €300,000, including wines from the top chateaux of Yquem, Petrus, Ausone and Cheval Blanc, worth €700-€1,000 each. The 46-year-old tea magnate had invited the press to his new property, Château de la Rivière, on December 20 to celebrate his $41-million purchase. “If the wines were accessible to anyone we wouldn’t end up with such cases. ‘We were actually burgled last summer and some Château Smith Haut Lafitte (Kosher) red 2009 was stolen,’ he told decanter.com. At the time of the police raids last year, Colonel Ghislain Rety, who led the operation, said officers recovered some bottles worth more than 1,000 euros each. Seventeen suspects will go before a court in Bordeaux accused of playing some part in a series of wine thefts, France Bleu Radio reported. SudOuest, the regional newspaper, said that “the latest high-end investigation techniques” were employed to ensnare the gang. Some bottles of wine recovered in the raids are worth more than €1,000 each, Rety told decanter.com.