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Investigators have recovered the bulk of the premium wine bottles stolen from The French Laundry on Christmas Day, according to the Napa County Sheriff’s Office. No arrests have been made.

After weeks of investigation, three detectives on Monday flew to Greensboro, North Carolina, where they recovered the wine bottles, said Napa County Sheriff’s Capt. Doug Pike. The investigators flew back to California with the wine on Wednesday night, he said.

Sheriff’s officials did not disclose exactly how many of the missing 76 bottles were recovered or how the wine was traced back to North Carolina.

The investigation continues in collaboration with state and federal law enforcement officials, Pike said in a written statement.

The wine, with an estimated retail value of about $300,000, was reported missing Dec. 26 after an employee discovered someone had broken into the famed Yountville Michelin-starred restaurant. The suspect – or suspects – broke into the building sometime after 2 p.m. on Christmas Day, Pike said. The alarm system had not been set.

The stolen wine was considered among the best in the world, including dozens of bottles of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti and five bottles of Screaming Eagle cabernet from the 1990s and 2010.