Wine worth 1.5 million euros was stolen from a restaurant in Paris

Wine worth 1.5 million euros was stolen from the legendary Tour d’Argent (“Silver Tower”) restaurant, reported Le Parisien, quoted by BGNES. The loss of 83 bottles of the restaurant’s collection of wines was discovered in January during an inventory of the restaurant’s cellars, which store more than 300,000 bottles of wines from various eras.

So far, the police have found no signs of a break-in or other clues pointing to the possible thieves. The restaurant is located on the roof of a building on the Quai de la Tournelle in Paris, and its cellar extends several hundred meters along the Seine River.

Romanée-Conti wines are stored in his cellar, and the price of a bottle of this wine from the 1999 vintage can reach several tens of thousands of euros. In 2022-2023, the restaurant was closed for extensive renovations and reopened in October 2023.

The Silver Tower is one of the oldest and most prestigious restaurants in Paris, famous for its duck dishes.

According to legend, in the place where the modern establishment is located, as early as the 1580s there was an inn where chef Rurto prepared exquisite bird pâtés.

King Henry IV of Navarre stopped to dine at the inn, and after tasting Rourteau’s pâtés, ordered them delivered to court. Later, Cardinal Richelieu, Marquise de Pompadour and other legendary historical figures loved to dine at the “Silver Tower”.

In the 20th century, the restaurant was visited by Queen Elizabeth II and Sir Paul McCartney. It is also believed that the “Silver Tower” is a prototype of Auguste Gusteau’s restaurant from the animated film “Ratatouille”.