Around 2,000 bottles of wine were destroyed after a wine firm was found to be aging them illegally.
The firm sank crates of wine a mile off the coast of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara's DA office said.
The disposal of the bottles was part of a plea agreement reached with Azzaretto, Hahn, and Ocean Fathoms.
But the press release said the value of the destroyed bottles was likely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
In response to an inquiry from Insider, Ocean Fathoms said that it intended to release a statement on the news shortly.
Persons:
Santa, Emanuele Azzaretto, Todd Hahn, Hahn
Organizations:
FDA, Service, Food and Drug Administration, Santa Barbara Independent
Locations:
Santa Barbara, Wall, Silicon, Santa Barbara's, Azzaretto, United States, Santa