Can Calopa, the city of Barcelona also makes wines

Since 2001, the City of Barcelona has been running a winery, Can Calopa, in the Collserola hills on the outskirts of the city.

The first release was in 2005, but unless you are a special guest of the mayor of Barcelona, you will probably never see a bottle: the entire production is reserved for official use by city hall.

The original estimates for production was to be about 20,000 bottles per year. But, according to right-wing politician and strong critic of the project, Alberto Fernandez, total production has not been much more than 12,000 bottles. According to his calculations, this means that the average bottle price is close to 80 euros (US$125) : (965,000 € invested divided by 12,000 bottles).