(TheDrinksBusiness) - Police are close to an arrest over the attack on leading Brunello estate Case Basse on 2 December in which 62,600 litres of six vintages Brunello were lost after the taps to the barrels were opened. According to Wine-Searcher.com, Italian newspaper La Repubblica has reported that the suspect is a former Case Basse employee, who investigators had located in Montalcino. While earlier reports suggested the attack may have been carried out by a criminal organisation, this theory has now been ruled out. La Repubblica reports that the crime appears to be an act of retaliation by the former worker.