[From article]
This lengthier note explained that a sabotage operation had been under way for “a year” by a “team of six” conspirators. An unspecified number of vines had allegedly been poisoned deep at the roots and well concealed. In spring, as water and nutrients begin to rise from the soil, the poison would flow through the vines and leave them shriveled and dead.
The vines had been “kidnapped,” and the ransom was 1 million euros.
For that, the blackmailer would reveal the exact location of each sabotaged vine. But, Villaine thought, exactly what was the threat? Even if it was true, no grapes would be picked from visibly poisoned and withering vines, which in turn would be uprooted and replaced. That vintage’s yield may be lessened, fewer bottles of wine produced, but that’s hardly different than a year with unusually lousy weather.
The blackmailer had considered that.
http://nypost.com/2014/07/19/how-the-worlds-best-wine-was-kidnapped-for-a-1-3m-ransom/
How the world’s best wine was ‘kidnapped’ for a $1.3M ransom
By Michael Kane
New York Post
July 19, 2014 | 11:11am
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