Theives break into B.C. winery, walk away with more than $30,000 of ice wine

PEACHLAND, B.C. – A winemaker in B.C.’s Okanagan region says theives broke into his winery during the weekend and walked away with more than $30,000 of ice wine.

Walter Huber of Hainle Vineyards Estate Winery in Peachland says someone stole 17 bottles from the winery on Sunday morning.

The missing bottles include ice wines from 1983 and 1984, which can fetch $10,000 a bottle.

Huber says the break-in happened two days after the winery’s $1-million collection was featured on a local TV news report, and he thinks that might have prompted theives to target his operation.

But he says it will be difficult to sell the stolen wines, because everyone is now looking for them.

(CKFR)